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notation

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no·ta·tion  (n-tshn)
n.
1.
a. A system of figures or symbols used in a specialized field to represent numbers, quantities, tones, or values: musical notation.
b. The act or process of using such a system.
2. A brief note; an annotation: marginal notations.

[Latin notti, nottin-, from nottus, past participle of notre, to note, from nota, note; see note.]

no·tation·al adj.

notation [no-tay-shun]
Noun
1. representation of numbers or quantities in a system by a series of symbols
2. a set of such symbols [Latin notare to note]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.notationnotation - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
writing - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
mathematical notation - a notation used by mathematicians
musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
choreography - a notation used by choreographers
chemical notation - a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry
2.notation - 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"
poste restante - a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada)
commentary, comment - a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
cite, quotation, reference, mention, acknowledgment, citation, credit - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
footnote, footer - a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
N.B., nota bene, NB - a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs"
postscript, PS - a note appended to a letter after the signature
3.notation - the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
committal to writing, writing - the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"

notation
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notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] nnotación f

notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] nnotation f

notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] nNotation f;
(Mus) → Notenschrift f

notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] nnotazione f

notation
n notation [nəˈteiʃən]
(the use of) a system of signs representing numbers, musical sounds etc musical/mathematical notation. notasie تَدْوين، تَرْميز، كِتابة الإشارات الموسيقِيَّه система със знаци záznam tegnsystem die Schreibweise; die Notation σημειογραφία notación märgisüsteem, märgistik نماد سازى merkkijärjestelmä notation שִיטַת סִימוּן संकेत पद्धति sustav znakova,znakovi u matematici i glazbi jelölési rendszer notasi táknun; nótnaskrift, nótur notazione, simbolo 表記法 기호법, 표기법 ženklų sistema, žymėjimas ženklais simbols; zīme; nots notasi notatie notasjon; noteskrift; tegnsystem zapis notação notaţie обозначение условными знаками; нотация záznam sistem simbolov notacija teckensystem, notskrift เครื่องหมายที่ใช้แทนระบบตัวเลขหรือเสียง yazım, nota, özel işaretler, harfler 符號 зображення умовними знаками علامت نويسي ký hiệu


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No ditty floated into Blackmoor Vale from the outer world but Tess's mother caught up its notation in a week.
"My musical gift was ruined," he explained, as they walked on after one of these demonstrations, "by the village organist at home, who had invented a system of notation which he tried to teach me, with the result that I never got to the tune-playing at all.
Since his appointment to the office of sheriff and his consequent absences from home, he had employed Benjamin to make memoranda on a slate, of whatever might be thought worth remembering, which, on his return, were regularly transferred to the journal with proper notations of the time, manner, and other little particulars.
 
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