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notarized |
notarized statement |
notary |
notary public |
notate |
notation
| notational system
| notch
| notchboard
| notched
| notching
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun notation has 3 senses
- notation(n = noun.communication) notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things; Array is a kind of writing
- notation(n = noun.communication) annotation, note - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" has particulars: poste restante, acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference, footer, footnote, n.b., nb, nota bene, postscript, ps
- notation(n = noun.act) Array - the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters; Array is a kind of committal to writing, writing
has particulars: mathematical notation, musical notation, choreography, chemical notation
Derived form verb notate1
is a kind of comment, commentary
Derived form verb note4
Derived form verb notate1
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)).
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 musicROGET THESAURUS
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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.
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