annotation
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
annotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)
- a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
- a comment added to a text
- the process of writing such comment or commentary
- (computing) metadata added to a document or program
- (genetics) information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Translations
critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
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comment added to a text
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process of writing a comment or commentary
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metadata added to a document or program
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information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
annotation f (plural annotations)
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Further reading
- “annotation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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