LABELLING

9 letters 12 Scrabble points

Definition of LABELLING

verb
  1. To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

    "The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop."

  2. (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

    "He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once."

  3. To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.

noun
  1. A set of labels applied to the various objects in a system.

  2. The introduction of a traceable chemical group (e.g., containing an isotope or a fluorescent dye) into a protein or other biomolecule of interest so it can be tracked or quantified during experimental analysis.

Related words: tagging

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters L A B E L L I N G
Length 9 letters
Scrabble Score 12 points

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