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Definition of denotations:

(n) : (logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
(n) : (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
(n) : The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
(n) : (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
(n) : (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
(n) : (media studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.

Definition of denotations:

(n) : (logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
(n) : (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
(n) : The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
(n) : (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
(n) : (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
(n) : (media studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.

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