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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

- Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely...
- Look up notation system in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In linguistics and semiotics, a notation system is a system of graphics or symbols, characters...
- 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...
- Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered...
- Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, since to do so would require...
- Dice notation (also known as dice algebra, common dice notation, RPG dice notation, and several other titles) is a system to represent different combinations...
- Polish notation (RPN), also known as reverse Łukasiewicz notation, Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation in which...
- Positional notation, also known as place-value notation, positional numeral system, or simply place value, usually denotes the extension to any base of...
- Chess notation systems are used to record either the moves made or the position of the pieces in a game of chess. Chess notation is used in chess literature...
- Polish notation (PN), also known as normal Polish notation (NPN), Łukasiewicz notation, Warsaw notation, Polish prefix notation or simply prefix notation, is...