notation
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4.4
- noun
- /noʊˈteɪʃən/
:
anotación
- Just a notation here that correspondence sent to him was returned with no forwarding address.
- music notation
- traditional notation
- musical notation
Examples
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I'm deciphering these notations that your father made in this book.
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Each draft was returned with extensive notations and encouragement to write in the active voice.
Academic text (1995) -
And so we want the notation to guide us.
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Sorry, I just want to get my notation straight.
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But there was a notation in the margin of his book.
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In traditional music education, understanding notation skills is usually considered synonymous with music literacy.
Academic text (2011) -
In addition, each document contains the notation: "Draft -- Do Not Quote or Cite."
Academic text (1993) -
As the clapping died down, Clieous scribbled a notation in the margin of his book.
Fiction book (1992) -
I found a manila envelope containing pages and pages of small notations, all in my father's printing.
Fiction book (1994) -
The teacher wrote a helpful notation in the margins of the student's essay.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short written message to remind or tell someone something
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4.9
A short note added to a text or diagram to explain it
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5.3
Notes or symbols added to text to show how it should look when printed
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4.2
A short piece of writing added to a speech or document
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4.0
A short comment added to the main talk or text
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9.6
Notes written in the margins of a book
A short note written between the lines to add or explain
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A system of symbols and signs that show numbers, operations, and how they relate
- Specialized
A way to write numbers and information using only the digits 0 and 1
- Specialized
A system of symbols and formulas that shows chemical elements, compounds, and reactions
- Specialized
A way to write down chant melodies using small marks to show the tune
- Specialized
A way to write numbers where the decimal point stays in the same place, often used for money
- Specialized
A way to write very large or very small numbers using an exponent so the decimal point can move
- Specialized
A set of symbols and signs that show ideas and relationships in reasoning
- Specialized
A way to write math expressions with each operator before its numbers, without parentheses
- Specialized
A way of writing music in the Middle Ages that shows rhythm patterns for several musical parts
- Specialized
A number system using sixteen symbols, the digits 0 to 9 and the letters A to F
- Specialized
A way of writing math where signs like + or × go between numbers and parentheses show order
- Specialized
A way to write math with numbers before the sign so no parentheses
- Specialized
A way of writing math expressions that uses the order of math signs instead of extra marks
- Specialized
A way of writing math expressions without parentheses where a math sign like + or − comes before the numbers
- Specialized
A way of writing math expressions without parentheses where each sign comes after the numbers
- Specialized
A way of writing math expressions where the operator comes before the numbers so no parentheses are needed
- Specialized
A way of writing math where operation signs come after numbers so parentheses are not needed
- Archaic
A number system that uses sixteen symbols, 0 to 9 and the letters A to F, used in computing
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word notation comes from the Latin root nota, meaning 'mark' or 'sign', and is the same root as the common word note. So a notation is a small 'mark' or short note you add to writing to give information.