n. 1.a brief description given for purposes of identification 2.trade name of a company that produces musical recordings 3.a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction 4.an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object label v. 1.assign a label to 2.attach a tag or label to 3.pronounce judgment on 4.distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom 5.distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions