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

- In linguistics and semiotics, a notation is a system of graphics or symbols, characters and abbreviated expressions, used (for example) in artistic and...
- 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...
- Algebraic notation (or AN) is a method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify...
- Scientific notation (also referred to as scientific form or standard index form, or standard form in the UK) is a way of expressing numbers that are too...
- Music notation or musical notation is any system used to visually represent aurally perceived music pla**** with instruments or sung by the human voice...
- Reverse Polish notation (RPN), also known as Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation in which operators follow their...
- IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (1972). "A one-letter notation for amino acid sequences". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 31 (4): 641–5. doi:10...
- Hungarian notation is an identifier naming convention in computer programming, in which the name of a variable or function indicates its intention or kind...
- Scientific pitch notation (or SPN, also known as American standard pitch notation (ASPN) and international pitch notation (IPN))[unreliable source?] is...
- Infix notation is the notation commonly used in arithmetical and logical formulae and statements. It is characterized by the placement of operators between...
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