marking

noun5

1. •
   The action of marking.

   • The Seasiders equalised soon after when Gary Taylor-Fletcher made the most of slack marking to slot home. — 2011
2. •
   A mark.
3. •
   A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.

   • The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.
4. •
   The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
5. •
   Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.