Learn English – “called” vs. “named” vs. “namely”

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I wrote

In particular, we use textual delimiters and identifiable constants or patterns within the content, named anchors, to recognize a data region, which is a node of the DOM tree enclosing the region.

Anchor is the term I devised, now should I use "called", "named", "namely"… for it? What would be the difference?

Best Answer

Rather than trying to do this in a single word, you should consider using a phrase:

We use textual delimiters and identifiable constants or patterns within the content, which we will call anchors.

In addition to "which we will call X," there are a few other regularly-used expressions in English, which I will call name identifiers. Other name identifiers include:

  • ...which we have named anchors.
  • ...henceforth referred to as anchors.

As an example, a 1970 U.S. Federal Regulation on Agriculture says:

Four of the members and their alternates shall be producers or officers or employees of producers, henceforth referred to as "producer members" of the committee.

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