notation (redirected from notational)

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.

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

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no·tation·al adj.

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	notation - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things notational system 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" annotation, note 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"

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notation

noun 1. signs, system, characters, code, symbols, script

noun 2. note, record, noting, jotting

Translations

notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] n → notación f

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notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] n → notation f

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notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] n → Notation f;

(Mus) → Notenschrift f

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notation [nəuˈteɪʃən] n → notazione f

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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 符号