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NOTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("notation" is a kind of...):
committal to writing; writing (the activity of putting something in written form)
Derivation:
notate (put into notation, as of music or choreography)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A comment or instruction (usually added)
Example:
he added a short notation to the address on the envelope
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("notation" is a kind of...):
comment; commentary (a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notation"):
poste restante (a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada))
acknowledgment; citation; cite; credit; mention; quotation; reference (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)
footer; footnote (a printed note placed below the text on a printed page)
N.B.; NB; nota bene (a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something)
postscript; PS (a note appended to a letter after the signature)
Derivation:
note (make a written note of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A technical system of symbols used to represent special things
Synonyms:
notation; notational system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("notation" is a kind of...):
writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notation"):
mathematical notation (a notation used by mathematicians)
musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)
choreography (a notation used by choreographers)
chemical notation (a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry)
Derivation:
notate (put into notation, as of music or choreography)
