notation
Americannoun
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a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing.
musical notation.
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the process or method of noting or setting down by means of a special system of signs or symbols.
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the act of noting, marking, or setting down in writing.
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a note, jotting, or record; annotation.
notations in the margin.
noun
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any series of signs or symbols used to represent quantities or elements in a specialized system, such as music or mathematics
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the act or process of notating
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the act of noting down
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a note or record
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Etymology
Origin of notation
1560–70; < Latin notātiōn- (stem of notātiō ) a marking, equivalent to notāt ( us ) (past participle of notāre to note ) + -iōn- -ion
Explanation
Use the noun notation to describe a written note, like the comments an English teacher makes in the margins of a student's essay. An editor might make notations on an article, and a conductor might add notations — written reminders to herself — to the edges of a musical score. Another kind of notation is a series of symbols that represent words, numbers, or music, for example. Chemical formulas are one type of notation, and musical notes are another. Notation comes from the Latin word notationem, which means "a marking or an explanation," from the root nota, "mark."
Vocabulary lists containing notation
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The ACT Math Test: Number and Quantity
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Music - Introductory
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Example Sentences
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Two years ago, Saña and Driessen started The Chop Notation Project, an effort to recognize the technique on the page and create a shared language.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021
Right now Notation Capital is in the early stages, just like you.
From Forbes • May 14, 2015
Recall from Functions and Function Notation that a function is a relation that assigns to every element in the domain exactly one element in the range.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Along with Avraham Wachman, an architect, Ms. Eshkol developed Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation, a system that uses numbers and symbols to record body movement.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2013
He should then stand a side upon the floor, make them go through the evolutions by word of command, or Notation word, slowly, as described; counting the beats, but without music.
From The Morris Book, Part 1 A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England by Sharp, Cecil J.
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