notation

Definitions


[nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or mathematics
(e.g: algebraic notation)

- a note or annotation
(e.g: he noticed the notations in the margin)



Phrases:

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




definition by Oxford Dictionaries