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Merkel, Friedrich Sigmund(medicine)
denote(dictionary)
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Merkel, Friedrich Sigmund (medicine) and denote (iou)


Merkel, Friedrich Sigmund (medicine)


Merkel, Friedrich Sigmund
<person> Was Professor of Anatomy successively at Rostock, Konigsberg and Gottingen.

Merkel's Corpuscles - one form of sensory "tactile" nerve ending.

Lived: 1845-1919. B. Nuremburg, Apr 5th, 1845, d. May 28th, 1919.


denote (iou)



denote verb trans. L16.
[Old & mod. French denoter or Latin denotare, from de- DE- 1 + notare NOTE verb1.]
Mark out; distinguish by a mark or sign. L16.
Indicate; be an outward or visible sign of. L16.
Oxford English Dictionary A falling barometer denotes an approaching storm. J. Marquand I was reminded again that the smile of a Japanese does not necessarily denote humour.
b. Give to understand; make known. M17.
Smollett Thou hast enough Denoted thy concern.
Note down; describe. Only in 17.
Signify; be a symbol for or a name of. M17.
B. Russell No sentence can be made up without at least one word which denotes a universal.
b. Express by a symbol. L19.
M. Kline These fields..have four sides, which we shall denote by a, b, c, d.
Designate; have as a meaning or name; be predicated of. (Freq. as opp. connote.) M19.
H. Spencer We can do no more than ignore the connotation of the words, and attend only to the things they avowedly denote. R. Fry Some Other word to denote what we now call Art.
denotable adjective able to be denoted or marked L17.
denotement noun (a) the fact of denoting; (b) a token, a sign: E17.
denotive adjective serving to denote M19.