Notation

//noʊˈteɪʃən// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters. uncountable
  2. 2
    the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters wordnet
  3. 3
    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, uncountable

    "This section lists all algebraic notation used in this book."

  4. 4
    a comment or instruction (usually added) wordnet
  5. 5
    A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation. countable

    "She made a notation in the margin of the book."

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  1. 6
    a technical system of symbols used to represent special things wordnet

Synonyms

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noteabstractaccentaccent markadditionadversaria

Example

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"Voiceless screaming was interestingly represented through music notation by Alfred Schnittke: "silence fortissimo"."

Etymology

From Latin notātiō, equivalent to notate + -ion or note + -ation.

Related phrases

Bow's notationDirac notationEinstein notationHungarian notationKendall notationKendall's notationPolish notationSchläfli notationStokoe notationVoigt notationWhyte notationabuse of notation

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