labeled

English

Alternative forms

• labelled (Commonwealth)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

labeled (American spelling)

1. Having a label, tagged.

   The butterfly collection had each specimen labeled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper.

2. Defined or described.

   He was labeled as a racist for his otherwise innocent remark.

3. (chemistry) Having an atom replaced by a radioactive isotope

   Insulin labeled with iodine-125 was used as a tracer

Derived terms

• doubly labeled water

Translations

having a label, tagged

• German: beschriftet (de), gekennzeichnet (de)

Verb

labeled (American spelling)

1. simple past and past participle of label

Anagrams

• beladle, delabel