The act of pointing or marking out by signs or objects; as the designation of an estate by boundaries.

Indication; a showing or pointing; a distinguishing from others.

Appointment; direction; as, a claim to a throne grounded on the designation of a predecessor.

Appointment; a selecting and appointing; assignment; as the designation of an officer to a particular command.

Import; distinct application. Finite and infinite are primarily attributed in their first designation to things which have parts.