positional notation

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noun

a type of numeration in which the position of a digit affects its value.

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Origin of positional notation

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby positional notation

posho, posigrade rocket, posit, positif, position, positional notation, positional nystagmus, position angle, position audit, position effect, positioner

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How to use positional notation in a sentence

The results, one simple line in karyotype notation, were clear.
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It is not a positional bargaining document, designed simply to rally the base at the outset of negotiations.
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But the first step in this potentially constructive kabuki is positional bargaining.
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The tightly patterned organization of the notation is a “very strange find” and appears too careful to be a document draft.
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A big part of successful haggling—upmarket American-style—is knowing not just how but when a positional bargaining stance.
Haggling Through the Apocalypse|Lee Eisenberg|February 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is true that the authorities from whom we derive our knowledge of the Greek notation are post-classical.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
It would be beyond the scope of this essay to discuss the date of the Greek musical notation.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
And how and when was the notation adapted to exhibit the several keys in which any such System might be set?
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
Hence he regards the notation as confirming his theory of the nature and history of the Modes.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
The special fitness of the notation for the scales of the Enharmonic genus may be regarded as a further indication of its date.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

British Dictionary definitions for positional notation

positional notation

noun

the method of denoting numbers by the use of a finite number of digits, each digit having its value multiplied by its place value, as in 936 = (9 × 100) + (3 × 10) + 6

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