What does notation mean?

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noʊˈteɪ ʃənno·ta·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. notation, notational systemnoun

    a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

  2. 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"

  3. notationnoun

    the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters

Wiktionary

  1. notationnoun

    The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Notationnoun

    the act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters

  2. 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

  3. Notationnoun

    literal or etymological signification

  4. Etymology: [L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr. notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th Note.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of notation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of notation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of notation in a Sentence

  1. Bob Slaughter:

    Old sheet music back in the 1930s and 1940s used to have a notation printed across the top, it would say ‘vamp til ready.’.

  2. Ronald Graham, "Rudiments of Ramsey Theory":

    We will occasionally use this arrow notation unless there is danger of no confusion.

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