What's The Definition Of Notation?
[n] the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
[n] a comment (usually added to a text); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"
[n] a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
Synonyms | Synonyms for Notation: annotation |
notational system |
note
Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 music
See Also | acknowledgment |
chemical notation |
choreography |
citation |
comment |
commentary |
committal to writing |
credit |
footer |
footnote |
mathematical notation |
mention |
musical notation |
N.B. |
NB |
nota bene |
postscript |
PS |
quotation |
reference |
writing |
writing
Notation In Webster's Dictionary
\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.
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