notation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a system of written symbols and rules used to represent quantities, sounds, moves, or other specialized information

   Scientific notation expresses a very large number as a coefficient multiplied by a power of ten.

2. 2
   noun

   the act or method of representing something with a set of signs or characters

   The composer's notation of the rhythm made the intended accents clear.

From Latin notatio ("a marking, designation, explanation"), from notare ("to mark, note"), based on nota ("mark, sign"). The word developed from marking or recording generally to a conventional symbolic system.

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