Connotation and Identification

noun

• What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
  • synonyms: intension
• An idea that is implied or suggested. .

(n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

noun

• The act of designating or identifying something.
  • synonyms: designation
• Evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing.
• The condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established.
  • usage: "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue"
• The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.
  • usage: "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"
  • synonyms: recognition
• The attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons. ).

(n.) The act of identifying or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

(DoD) The process of determining the friendly or hostile character of an unknown detected contact.
(DoD) In arms control, the process of determining which nation is responsible for the detected violations of any arms control measure.
(DoD) In ground combat operations, discrimination between recognizable objects as being friendly or enemy, or the name that belongs to the object as a member of a class. Also called ID.