notation

English

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Noun

notation (countable and uncountable; plural notations)

1. (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
2. (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
3. (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

   She made a notation in the margin of the book.

Derived terms

• Hungarian notation
• Polish notation

Related terms

• note
• notate

Translations

act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters

• Czech: zápis (cs) m, notace (cs) f
• Italian: notazione (it) f
• Japanese: 表記 (ja) (ひょうき, hyōki)

• Portuguese: notação (pt) f
• Russian: запись (ru) (zápisʹ) f , записывание (ru) (zapísyvanije) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: comharrachadh (gd) m

system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 記法 (cmn), 记法 (cmn) (jìfǎ), 表示法 (cmn) (biǎoshìfǎ)

• Czech: zápis (cs) m, notace (cs) f
• Dutch: notatie (nl) f
• Italian: notazione (it) f

• Japanese: 表記 (ja) (ひょうき, hyōki), 記法 (ja) (きほう, kihō), 表記法 (ja) (ひょうきほう, hyōkihō)
• Portuguese: notação (pt) f
• Russian: нотация (ru) (notácija) f , система записи (ru) (sistéma zápisi) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: comharrachadh (gd) m

specific note or piece of information written in such a notation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 記號 (cmn), 记号 (cmn) (jìhao), 注釋 (cmn), 注释 (cmn) (zhùshì)

• Italian: notazione (it) f
• Portuguese: anotação (pt) f

• Russian: запись (ru) (zápisʹ) f , примечание (ru) (primečánije) n , замечание (ru) (zamečánije) n , ссылка (ru) (ssýlka) f 
• Spanish: anotación (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: כתיב m (1,2), כתב m (1), כתיבה f (1)

• Irish: nodaireacht (ga) f

Anagrams

• tonation

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /no.ta.sjɔ̃/

Noun

notation f (plural notations)

1. rating (evaluation of status)