Notation

//noʊˈteɪʃən//

Synonyms for "notation" (180 found)

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Strong matches (54)

Related words (90)

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Translations

81 translations across 23 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • забележка noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 注釋 /注释 noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • 表示法 noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • 記法 /记法 noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • 記號 /记号 noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)

Czech

4 entries
  • notace noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • notace noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • zápis noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • zápis noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Dutch

1 entries
  • notatie noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • simbolaro noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huomautus noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • merkintä noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • merkintä noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • merkintä noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)

German

4 entries
  • Anmerkung noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • Bemängelung noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • Bezeichnung noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • Bezeichnung noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Greek

4 entries
  • σημείωση noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • σημείωση noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • σημειογραφία noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • συμβολισμός noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • כתב noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • כתיב noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • רישום noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • רישום noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • feljegyzés noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • jel noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • jelrendszer noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • jelölés noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • notasi noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • notasi noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)

Irish

1 entries
  • nodaireacht noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Italian

3 entries
  • notazione noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • notazione noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • notazione noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 表記 noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • 表記 noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • 表記法 noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)
  • 記法 noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Māori

1 entries
  • reo tohu noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Polish

1 entries
  • notacja noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • anotação noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • notação noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • notação noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Romanian

2 entries
  • notare noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • notație noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Russian

4 entries
  • за́пись noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • за́пись noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • замеча́ние noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)
  • запи́сывание noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • comharrachadh noun (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)
  • comharrachadh noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Spanish

1 entries
  • anotación noun (specific note or piece of information written in such a notation)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • halat noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Thai

1 entries
  • สัญกรณ์ noun (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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

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There are two distinct systems of shape-note notation: the four-note "fasola" system, and the seven-note "doremi" system.

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I think that in the West, the first musical notation was invented by monks.

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Please refer to the UML documentation for the detailed information about UML semantics and notation.

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