Search: Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
notation Definition
Cancel
notation
noun(no-ta-tion)annotation, note
notation
noun(no-ta-tion)the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters
notation
noun(no-ta-tion)a system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities
notation
noun(no-ta-tion)a system of expressing numbers in which the digits are arranged in succession, the position of each digit has a place value, and the number is equal to the sum of the products of each digit by its place value
notation
noun(no-ta-tion)reverse polish notation
notation
noun(no-ta-tion)a system of representing mathematical and logical operations in which the operands precede the operator and which does not require the use of parentheses —called also postfix notation
notation
noun(no-ta-tion)a widely used floating-point system in which numbers are expressed as products consisting of a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by an appropriate power of 10 (as in 1.591 × (10)—20 or 1.591 × 10 — 20)