Labelling
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:18 pts9 letters
Definition of Labelling
verb
- To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
"The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop."
- (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."
- 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.
- To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
noun
- A set of labels applied to the various objects in a system.
- 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.
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