denotation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of indicating or pointing out by name
    indication.
  2. noun the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
    extension; reference.
    • the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos

WordNet

De`no*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. denotatio: cf. F. dénotation.
Definitions
  1. The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.

Webster 1913