notation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: no=ta=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

notation, n. [L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr. notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th Note.].

•  The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  Literal or etymological signification.  [1913 Webster]

  "“Conscience” is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

notation, n.
1 a the representation of numbers, quantities, pitch and duration etc. of musical notes, etc. by symbols. b any set of such symbols.
2 a set of symbols used to represent chess moves, dance steps, etc.
3 US a a note or annotation. b a record.
4 = scale of notation (see SCALE(3)).

Derivative

notational adj.

Etymology

F notation or L notatio (as NOTE)

THESAURUS

notation

abstract, accent, accent mark, addition, adversaria, aide-memoire, alphabet, annotation, apparatus criticus, approximation, arrangement, art, bar, binary digit, bit, blueprint, cancel, character, charactering, characterization, characters, chart, chit, choreography, cipher, code, comment, commentary, commentation, conventional representation, copy, credit, custos, dance notation, debit, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment, diagram, differentiation, digit, direct, division, docket, dot, double entry, draft, drama, drawing, edition, entry, equation, evolution, exegesis, exemplification, expression mark, extrapolation, fermata, figuration, figure, footnote, gloss, hieroglyphic, hold, hymnal, hymnbook, iconography, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, instrumental score, integration, interpolation, inversion, involution, item, jotting, key signature, lead, letter, libretto, ligature, limning, logogram, logograph, lute tablature, map, marginal note, marginalia, mark, measure, memo, memoir, memorandum, memorial, metronomic mark, minute, minutes, multiplication, music, music paper, music roll, musical notation, musical score, note, note of explanation, number, numeral, numero, opera, opera score, orchestral score, part, pause, piano score, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, practice, prefigurement, presa, presentment, printing, projection, proportion, realization, record, reduction, register, registry, reminder, rendering, rendition, representation, schema, scholia, scholium, score, script, segno, sheet music, short score, sign, signature, signs, single entry, slur, songbook, songster, subtraction, swell, syllabary, symbol, symbolism, symbols, tablature, tempo mark, text, tie, time signature, transcript, transcription, transformation, version, vinculum, vocal score, word of explanation, writing, written music

ROGET THESAURUS

notation

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.