English Explanatory Dictionary

notation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
  2. 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.
  3. A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

Pronunciation

/noʊˈteɪʃən/ en-us-notation.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-notation.wav

Word forms

notation notations

Etymology

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

Related words

notate notational notationally notationless notative note unnotatable unnotated

Derived words

abuse of notation algebraic notation big O notation Bow's notation bracket notation caret notation de Bruijn notation delta notation dental notation Dirac notation dot notation Einstein notation Hungarian notation infix notation k-adic notation Kendall notation Kendall's notation labanotation mensural notation multilingual notation musical notation Polish notation positional notation postfix notation prefix notation reverse Polish notation Schläfli notation scientific notation set-builder notation sign-value notation siteswap notation square notation Stokoe notation Voigt notation Whyte notation Yoda notation
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