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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who notates; a writer of notation.

   "“Dance is not an ephemeral art form,” said Sandra Aberkalns, the senior staff notator at the bureau."

2. 2
   A software program that writes musical notation based on the computer representation of music, or the sound.

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"“Dance is not an ephemeral art form,” said Sandra Aberkalns, the senior staff notator at the bureau."

Etymology

From notate + -or.

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