Designation /(?)/

Des·ig·na·tion

Designation

n.
  1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
  2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
  3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
    The usual designation of the days of the week.
  4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
    Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things which have parts.