What does notation mean?
Definitions for notation
noʊˈteɪ ʃənno·ta·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
notation, notational systemnoun
a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
note, annotation, notationnoun
a comment or instruction (usually added)
"his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
notationnoun
the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
Wiktionary
notationnoun
The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
notationnoun
A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
notationnoun
A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
She made a notation in the margin of the book.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Notationnoun
Etymology: notatio, Latin.
Notation teaches how to describe any number by certain notes and characters, and to declare the value thereof being so described, and that is by degrees and periods. Edward Cocker.
A foundation being primarily of use in architecture, hath no other literal notation but what belongs to it in relation to a building. Henry Hammond.
Conscience, according to the very notation of the word, imports a double knowledge; one of a divine law, and the other of a man’s own action; and so is properly the application of a general law, to a particular instance of practice. Robert South, Sermons.
ChatGPT
notation
Notation is a system of symbols or signs used to represent specific information or concepts. It is often used in mathematical equations, music scores or scientific formulas as a way to convey complex information in a universally recognized format.
Webster Dictionary
Notationnoun
the act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters
Notationnoun
any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations
Notationnoun
literal or etymological signification
Etymology: [L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr. notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th Note.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Notation
nō-tā′shun, n. the act or practice of recording by marks or symbols: a system of signs or symbols.—adj. Nō′tate (bot.), marked with coloured spots or lines.—Chemical notation (see Chemistry). [L.,—notāre, -ātum, to mark.]
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Anagrams for notation »
tonation
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of notation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of notation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of notation in a Sentence
Old sheet music back in the 1930s and 1940s used to have a notation printed across the top, it would say ‘vamp til ready.’.
Ronald Graham, "Rudiments of Ramsey Theory":
We will occasionally use this arrow notation unless there is danger of no confusion.
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- notace, zápisCzech
- anotaciónSpanish
- nodaireachtIrish
- comharrachadhScottish Gaelic
- notazioneItalian
- 表記法, 記法, 表記Japanese
- notatieDutch
- notação, anotaçãoPortuguese
- нотация, ссылка, записывание, замечание, запись, примечание, система записиRussian
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