In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
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); “his notes were appended at the end of the article”; “he added a short notation to the address on the envelope”
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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