annotation

[In Fr. annotation; Sp. a not a cion; Port. an not ação; Ital an not azione. From Lat. annotatio a noting down, annotation: ad to, and notatio a marking, a noting; no to = to distinguish by a mark; nota = a mark.] 1. The act of noting anything down. 2. The thing noted down. Generally in the plural, signifying notes, comments, or scholia on a published work or a manuscript writing, of which the annotator is not the author. "It might appear very improper to publish an not a tions without the text itself whereunto they relate."Boyle. Med. The first symptoms of a fever, or attack of a paroxysm.