Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

    Bezeichnung, Darstellung

    за́письzápisʹ, запи́сываниеzapísyvanije

    the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters

  2. (countable, 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.

    This section lists all algebraic notation used in this book.

    The notations used in the two books differed.

    Schreibweise, Bezeichnung, Bezeichnungen

    нота́цияnotácija, систе́ма за́писиsistéma zápisi

    a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

  3. (countable)A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

    She made a notation in the margin of the book.

    Notiz, Vermerk, Anmerkung

    за́письzápisʹ, примеча́ниеprimečánije, замеча́ниеzamečánije

Examples

8 sentences
  1. David needs to learn music notation.

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  2. I don't know what the notation for this math equation is.

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  3. Voiceless screaming was interestingly represented through music notation by Alfred Schnittke: "silence fortissimo".

    Безголосний крик був цікаво представлений нотним записом Альфреда Шнітке: "silence fortissimo".

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  4. There are two distinct systems of shape-note notation: the four-note "fasola" system, and the seven-note "doremi" system.

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  5. In this article, we use Einstein notation for summation.

    deIn diesem Artikel verwenden wir die Einsteinsche Summenkonvention.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters:
system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities:
specific note or piece of information written in such a notation:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters:
system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities:
specific note or piece of information written in such a notation:

Origin

From Latin notātiō, equivalent to notate + -ion or note + -ation.

From Latin notātiō, equivalent to notate + -ion or note + -ation.

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