Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Denotation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
the act of indicating or pointing out by name
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
"the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
The word denotation comes from the Late Latin dēnotātiō, which was formed by combining dē- (meaning "completely") with notāre (to mark). It entered English as a noun describing the act of marking out or specifying meaning.