'Notation' definitions:
Definition of 'notation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A technical system of symbols used to represent special things [syn: notation, notational system]
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" [syn: note, annotation, notation]
noun
The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
Definition of 'Notation'
From: GCIDE
- Notation \No*ta"tion\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Literal or etymological signification. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- "Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'notation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- accent,
- accent mark,
- addition,
- adversaria,
- aide-memoire,
- alphabet,
- annotation,
- apparatus criticus,
- approximation,
- arrangement,
- art,
- bar,
- binary digit,
- bit,
- blueprint,
- cancel,
- character,
- charactering,
- characterization,
- characters,
- chart,
- chit,
- choreography,
- cipher,
- code,
- comment,
- commentary,
- commentation,
- conventional representation,
- copy,
- credit,
- custos,
- dance notation,
- debit,
- delineation,
- demonstration,
- depiction,
- depictment,
- diagram,
- differentiation,
- digit,
- direct,
- division,
- docket,
- dot,
- double entry,
- draft,
- drama,
- drawing,
- edition,
- entry,
- equation,
- evolution,
- exegesis,
- exemplification,
- expression mark,
- extrapolation,
- fermata,
- figuration,
- figure,
- footnote,
- gloss,
- hieroglyphic,
- hold,
- hymnal,
- hymnbook,
- iconography,
- ideogram,
- illustration,
- imagery,
- imaging,
- instrumental score,
- integration,
- interpolation,
- inversion,
- involution,
- item,
- jotting,
- key signature,
- lead,
- letter,
- libretto,
- ligature,
- limning,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- lute tablature,
- map,
- marginal note,
- marginalia,
- mark,
- measure,
- memo,
- memoir,
- memorandum,
- memorial,
- metronomic mark,
- minute,
- minutes,
- multiplication,
- music,
- music paper,
- music roll,
- musical notation,
- musical score,
- note,
- note of explanation,
- number,
- numeral,
- numero,
- opera,
- opera score,
- orchestral score,
- part,
- pause,
- piano score,
- pictogram,
- picturization,
- plan,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- practice,
- prefigurement,
- presa,
- presentment,
- printing,
- projection,
- proportion,
- realization,
- record,
- reduction,
- register,
- registry,
- reminder,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- schema,
- scholia,
- scholium,
- score,
- script,
- segno,
- sheet music,
- short score,
- sign,
- signature,
- signs,
- single entry,
- slur,
- songbook,
- songster,
- subtraction,
- swell,
- syllabary,
- symbol,
- symbolism,
- symbols,
- tablature,
- tempo mark,
- text,
- tie,
- time signature,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- transformation,
- version,
- vinculum,
- vocal score,
- word of explanation,
- writing,
- written music
Words containing 'Notation'
- Notate,
- binary notation,
- chemical notation,
- decimal notation,
- duodecimal notation,
- hexadecimal notation,
- infix notation,
- lukasiewicz notation,
- mathematical notation,
- musical notation,
- notational system,
- octal notation,
- polish notation,
- positional notation,
- postfix notation,
- prefix notation,
- sexadecimal notation,
- suffix notation,
- reverse polish notation,
- fixed-point notation,
- floating-point notation,
- parenthesis-free notation