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Synonyms for notation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noh-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : noʊˈteɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for notation
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Définition of notation

Origin :
  • 1560s, "explanation of a term," from Middle French notation and directly from Latin notationem (nominative notatio) "a marking, notation, designation; etymology; shorthand; explanation," noun of action from past participle stem of notare "to note" (see note (v.)). Meaning "note, annotation" is from 1580s. Meaning "system of representing numbers or quantities by signs or symbols" is attested from 1706. Related: Notational.
  • noun written remarks
Example sentences :
  • A tiny spot almost on their course, with Mado's minute notation.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Make a notation, with chalk, of the gravity of each cell each morning.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Notae was more often used, and it finally gave the name to notation.
  • Extract from : « The Hindu-Arabic Numerals » by David Eugene Smith
  • Scholar Phelps waited patiently until I'd made the notation.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • You'll find every notation in the log accurate to the yard or the second.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • Forsythe made a notation from the sextant on a piece of paper.
  • Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
  • The Roman notation table is sometimes taught after the same manner.
  • Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew
  • This is the third dimension of color, and must be included in our notation.
  • Extract from : « A Color Notation » by Albert H. Munsell
  • If a notation in rods be preferred, the span should be a rod, or half rod long.
  • Extract from : « Farm drainage » by Henry Flagg French
  • Where only the tune of a song is used, notation has not been provided.
  • Extract from : « The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65 » by Osbourne H. Oldroyd
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