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an·no·ta·tion A0317300 (ăn′ō-tā′shən)n.1. The act or process of furnishing critical commentary or explanatory notes.2. A critical or explanatory note; a commentary.annotation (ˌænəʊˈteɪʃən; ˌænə-) n1. the act of annotating2. a note added in explanation, etc, esp of some literary workan•no•ta•tion (ˌæn əˈteɪ ʃən) n. 1. a critical or explanatory note added to a text. 2. the act of annotating. 3. note (def. 1). [1425–75] annotationA marking placed on imagery or drawings for explanatory purposes or to indicate items or areas of special importance.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | annotation - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"notation, noteposte restante - a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada)commentary, comment - a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"cite, quotation, reference, mention, acknowledgment, citation, credit - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"footnote, footer - a printed note placed below the text on a printed pageN.B., nota bene, NB - a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs"postscript, PS - a note appended to a letter after the signature | | 2. | annotation - the act of adding notes annotatingexpanding upon, expansion - adding information or detail |
annotationnoun note, comment, explanation, observation, interpretation, illustration, commentary, gloss, footnote, exegesis, explication, elucidation He supplied annotations to 15,000 musical works.annotationnounCritical explanation or analysis:comment, commentary, exegesis, interpretation, note.TranslationsBemerkunganotaciónannotationannotazionecommentoannotation
annotation[‚an·ə′tā·shən] (computer science) Any comment or note included in a program or flow chart in order to clarify some point at issue. annotation (programming, compiler)Extra information associated with aparticular point in a document or program. Annotations may beadded either by a compiler or by the programmer. They arenot usually essential to the correct function of the programbut give hints to improve performance.annotation (hypertext)A new commentary node linked to an existingnode. If readers, as well as authors, can annotate nodes,then they can immediately provide feedback if the informationis misleading, out of date or plain wrong.annotation
annotation Bioinformatics A term of art referring to analysis and commentary added to sequence data in databases, which provide contextual information about coding and non-coding sequence within genes, patterning and motifs, similarities, known or predicted protein structure and function, and links to external data (e.g., clinical observations). Informatics A critical or explanatory note, usually included in a bibliographical entry or reference, to provide additional data.annotation process used in GENOMICS for analysis of NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES to identify the GENES (both PROTEIN-coding and protein non-coding, such as those for rRNA and tRNA), their regulatory sequences (see OPERON MODEL and their functions. Annotation also includes characterization of MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS and REPETITIVE DNA. See also BIOINFORMATICS.Annotation
AnnotationA note, summary, or commentary on some section of a book or a statute that is intended to explain or illustrate its meaning. An annotation serves as a brief summary of the law and the facts of a case and demonstrates how a particular law enacted by Congress or a state legislature is interpreted and applied. Annotations usually follow the text of the statute they interpret in annotated statutes. ANNOTATION, civil law. The designation of a place of deportation. Dig. 32,1, 3 or the summoning of an, absentee. Dig. lib. 5. 2. In another sense, annotations were the answers of the prince toquestions put to him by private persons respecting some doubtful point oflaw. See Rescript. annotation
Synonyms for annotationnoun noteSynonyms- note
- comment
- explanation
- observation
- interpretation
- illustration
- commentary
- gloss
- footnote
- exegesis
- explication
- elucidation
Synonyms for annotationnoun critical explanation or analysisSynonyms- comment
- commentary
- exegesis
- interpretation
- note
Synonyms for annotationnoun a comment or instruction (usually added)SynonymsRelated Words- poste restante
- commentary
- comment
- cite
- quotation
- reference
- mention
- acknowledgment
- citation
- credit
- footnote
- footer
- N.B.
- nota bene
- NB
- postscript
- PS
noun the act of adding notesSynonymsRelated Words |