Definition of Notation. Meaning of Notation. Synonyms of Notation

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Definition of Notation

Notation
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. 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. 3. Literal or etymological signification. [Obs.] ``Conscience' is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. --South.

Meaning of Notation from wikipedia

- Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely...
- Big O notation is a mathematical notation that describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity...
- Look up notation system in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In linguistics and semiotics, a notation system is a system of graphics or symbols, characters...
- Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, since to do so would require...
- Music notation or musical notation is any system used to visually represent aurally perceived music pla**** with instruments or sung by the human voice...
- Hungarian notation is an identifier naming convention in computer programming in which the name of a variable or function indicates its intention or kind...
- Polish notation (RPN), also known as reverse Łukasiewicz notation, Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation in which...
- Polish notation (PN), also known as normal Polish notation (NPN), Łukasiewicz notation, Warsaw notation, Polish prefix notation or simply prefix notation, is...
- Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to...
- Dot notation may refer to: Newton's notation for differentiation (see also Notation for differentiation) Lewis dot notation also known as Electron dot...