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noun

Notation n.

The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., The system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.

Literal or etymological signification. (Obs.) ""Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge."

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... a notation, on a letter praising him for what he had done for the world's enjoyment, and for his splendid ...

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... so well fill this description as our friend Professor John C. Van Dyke? When the manuscript was shown to him, he remarked, without having read Mr. Carnegie's notation, "It would be a labor of love to prepare this for publication." Here, then, the choice was mutual, and the manner in which he has performed this "labor" proves the wisdom of the choice—a choice made and carried out in the name of ...

— Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie • Andrew Carnegie

... I wish to thank my Mother, who wrote for me in modern notation the music of the hymns of the Mission Fathers which are contained in this work, and gave me much welcome information; also Rev. Raymond M. Mestres, my zealous parish Priest, successor and compatriot of Junipero Serra and the Mission ...

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... him very much, and asked him why he had changed his system of notation. He told me it was because several people had explained to him that they remembered figures more easily than letters. We then talked to each other, agreeing upon the maxims of simplicity and directness ...

— On Something • H. Belloc

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