labelling

Verb

label (third-person singular simple present labels, present participle (US) labeling or (UK) labelling, simple past and past participle (US) labeled or (UK) labelled)

1. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
   • The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.

   Synonyms:

   tag, price

2. (ambitransitive, 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.
4. 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
   • They may be used to label and image a protein within tissue, to isolate cells on the basis of marker expression, or to physically capture a protein from a complex biological mixture....Apr 15 2015, “Protein binder woes”, in Nature Methods

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Noun

labeling (countable and uncountable, plural labelings)

1. A set of labels applied to the various objects in a system, to packaged goods, and so on; the act or process of applying them.
   • Near-synonyms: (for packaged goods) branding, trade dress

   Synonyms:

   tagging, branding, trade dress

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.
   • There are two potential problems with this approach: first, the specificity of labeling depends on the purity of the LPS (if contaminants are present, they may be labeled also); second, removal of the label from the LPS in vivo might occur separately from processing of the LPS molecule itself.1992, David C. Morrison, John Louis Ryan, Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides: Molecular biochemistry and cellular biology, →ISBN, page 407

   Synonyms:

   tagging