notation
pronunciation
How to pronounce notation in British English:
UK [nəʊˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce notation in American English:
US [noʊˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
Word Origin
- notation (n.)
- 1560s, "explanation of a term," from Middle French notation and directly from Latin notationem (nominative notatio) "a marking, notation, designation; etymology; shorthand; explanation," noun of action from past participle stem of notare "to note" (see note (v.)). Meaning "note, annotation" is from 1580s. Meaning "system of representing numbers or quantities by signs or symbols" is attested from 1706. Related: Notational.
Example
- 1. Mathematical notation that used to look obtuse is now beautiful .
- 2. Note that we are using the " infix " operator notation instead of observers.foreach .
- 3. This is the largest number representable with standard roman numeral notation .
- 4. Languages evolve slowly because they 're not really technologies . Languages are notation .
- 5. The non-mathematical appear to have their revenge , as the perils of over-reliance on complex symbolic notation and arcane formulae are relentlessly exposed .