denotative
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The denotative meanings of these abbreviations vary over a wide range.
From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2013
Words are thus acknowledged to be denotative of themselves.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
Besides their use in illustrating the denotative force of propositions, these circles may be employed to verify the results of Obversion, Conversion, and the secondary modes of Immediate Inference.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
From this eternal word, which is of the nature of the sphota and possesses denotative power, there is produced the object denoted, i.e. this world which consists of actions, agents, and results of action.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
A term's denotative function is, to be the name or sign of something or some multitude of things, which are said to be called or denoted by the term.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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