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notation
[ noh-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
musical notation.
- the process or method of noting or setting down by means of a special system of signs or symbols.
- the act of noting, marking, or setting down in writing.
- a note, jotting, or record; annotation:
notations in the margin.
notation
/ nəʊˈteɪʃən /
noun
- any series of signs or symbols used to represent quantities or elements in a specialized system, such as music or mathematics
- the act or process of notating
- the act of noting down
- a note or record
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Derived Forms
- noˈtational, adjective
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Other Words From
- no·tation·al adjective
- nonno·tation·al adjective
- reno·tation noun
- subno·tation noun
- subno·tation·al adjective
- unno·tation·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of notation1
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Example Sentences
There are many surprising analogies between proteins, the basic building blocks of life, and musical notation.
A protein chain can be represented as a string of these alphabetic letters, very much like a string of music notes in alphabetical notation.
Logic Pro’s video integration, variable Smart Tempo adjustment, and music notation have made it popular for scoring to picture.
Occasionally, I’d furtively steal a glance at the notebook’s cryptically worded notations.
A nurse also reported “Pt refused C-section” in a notation dated two days after Reggie was delivered.
The results, one simple line in karyotype notation, were clear.
The tightly patterned organization of the notation is a “very strange find” and appears too careful to be a document draft.
It is true that the authorities from whom we derive our knowledge of the Greek notation are post-classical.
It would be beyond the scope of this essay to discuss the date of the Greek musical notation.
And how and when was the notation adapted to exhibit the several keys in which any such System might be set?
Hence he regards the notation as confirming his theory of the nature and history of the Modes.
The special fitness of the notation for the scales of the Enharmonic genus may be regarded as a further indication of its date.
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