English Dictionary: notation | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Natation \Na*ta"tion\, n. [L. natatio, fr. natare to swim: cf. F. natation. See {Natant}.] The act of floating on the water; swimming. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Nodation \No*da"tion\, n. [L. nodatio knottiness.] Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. [R.] | |
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Notation \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.] [bd]Conscience[b8] is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. --South. | |
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Noted \Not"ed\, a. Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. -- {Not"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Not"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Notidanian \No`ti*da"ni*an\, n. [Gr. [?] back + [?] comely.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of sharks of the family {Notidanid[91]}, or {Hexanchid[91]}. Called also {cow sharks}. See {Shark}. | |
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Notodontian \No`to*don"tian\, n. [Gr. [?] the back + [?], [?] a tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back. | |
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Nudation \Nu*da"tion\, n. [L. nudatio, fr. nudare to make naked, fr. nudus naked. See {Nude}.] The act of stripping, or making bare or naked. | |
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Nutation \Nu*ta"tion\, n. [L. nutatio a nodding, fr. nutare to nod: cf. F. nutation.] 1. The act of nodding. So from the midmost the nutation spreads, Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. --Pope. 2. (Astron.) A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount. 3. (Bot.) (a) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening. (b) Circumnutation. |