NOTATION

notation

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

note, annotation, notation

(noun) a comment or instruction (usually added); ā€œhis notes were appended at the end of the articleā€; ā€œhe added a short notation to the address on the envelopeā€

notation, notational system

(noun) a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

notation (countable and uncountable, plural notations)

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

(uncountable) 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.

(countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

Hyponyms

• big O notation

• bracket notation

• dot notation

• Hungarian notation

• Polish notation

• reverse Polish notation

Anagrams

• Ottonian, tonation

Source: Wiktionary


No*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr. notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th Note.]

1. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

2. 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. Literal or etymological signification. [Obs.] "Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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