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Explanatory comment written in the margin, say
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annotation
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Word definitions for annotation in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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" [syn: note , notation ] the act of adding notes [syn: annotating ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annotation \An`no*ta"tion\, n. [L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation.] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis 2 a comment added to a text 3 the process of writing such comment or commentary 4 (context computing English) metadata added to a document or program 5 (context genetics English) information relating ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An annotation is a metadata (e.g. a comment, explanation, presentational markup ) attached to text, image, or other data. Often, annotations make reference to a specific part of the original data.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Latin annotationem (nominative annotatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of annotare "to add notes to," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + notare "to note, mark" (see note (v.)).
Usage examples of annotation.
That the Librarian of Congress is hereby authorized and directed to have the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, published in 1938, revised and extended to include annotations of decisions of the Supreme Court prior to January 1, 1948, construing the several provisions of the Constitution correlated under each separate provision, and to have the said revised document printed at the Government Printing Office.
But that will be merely a skeleton that will require many layers of annotation to give it meaning.
The essay profiles the companies jockeying to speed up the annotation process through universal programs and accessible databases.
Distributed Sequence Annotation System, DAS for short, borrows an approach from Napster, the controversial software that allows people to swap music files over the Internet.
Stein acknowledges the possibility but hopes that good annotation will drive out bad.
For instance, the company has picked a group of genes it believes will be important for diagnostics and other applications and is concentrating its annotation efforts on them.
Thinking of public and commercial annotation products as rivals misses the point, observers say.
Sivaraksa made a quick, cursive annotation in the notebook he had opened on his desk, then slid it beneath the smoky gray cube of a paperweight.
Compared with the Constitutional Document, with its 7,000 words more or less, the bulk of material requiring to be noticed in the preparation of an annotation of this kind is simply immense.
I have added a number of annotations which are in brackets and italics directly following the sentences to which they pertain.
I have added a number of annotations that appear in brackets and italics directly following the sentences to which they pertain.
Keith carried on his inspired annotations, even after I stopped listening and disappeared into the bedroom.
NCBI director David Lipman is concerned that the human annotations may be full of rubbish because they will not be peer-reviewed.
It includes extensive annotations, a new introduction and all the original photographs and diagrams.
Martin touched another control and annotations appeared, pointing out a black circle within the dark bubble and indicating its diameter, just a bit bigger than Jupiter.