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   No·ta·tion

   /nōˈtāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or mathematics: "algebraic notation" Similar system of symbolsalphabetsyllabaryscriptsymbolssignscodecipherhieroglyphics
   • 2. a note or annotation: "he noticed the notations in the margin" Similar annotationjottinginscriptioncommentfootnoteentryminuterecorditemmemoglossexplanationexplicationelucidationmarginaliaexegesisrare:scholium
   • 3. short for scale of notation (see scale

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin notatio(n-), from the verb notare, from nota ‘mark’.

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