notation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: notation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notation n a technical system of symbols used to represent special things Synonym(s): notation, notational system 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" Synonym(s): note, annotation, notation the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notation \Nota"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.] [bd]Conscience[b8] is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation* of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. --South.