Notation (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Credit
- Footnote
- Mention
- Quotation
- Postscript
- Cite
- Citation
- Footer
- Poste Restante
- Nota Bene
- NB
- PS
- Reference
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Meaning 2
The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
A technical system of symbols used to represent special things.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Musical notation is used to represent pitches, rhythms, and other musical elements in a written form.
- The mathematical notation used in the textbook was unfamiliar to many of the students.
- The chemist used a special notation to represent the molecular structure of the compound.
- The programming language used a unique notation to represent variables and data types.
- The engineer developed a proprietary notation system to represent the complex technical specifications of the new gadget.