The meaning of Notation

noun

A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used to represent the basic set of speech sounds of a language, especially the set of letters from a to z.

Usage examples:

The first letter of the alphabet

noun

A set of letters arranged in a fixed order that is used for writing a language

Usage examples:

The cyrillic/hebrew alphabet, recipes are arranged alphabetically by type of food.

noun

A note by way of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram.

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Marginal annotations

noun

A short explanation or note added to a text or image, or the act of adding short explanations or notes

Usage examples:

The annotation of literary texts makes them more accessible., the revised edition of the book inclu…

noun

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

Usage examples:

He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher

verb

Put (a message) into secret writing; encode.

Usage examples:

He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding

verb

(of an organ pipe) sound continuously.

noun

A system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy.

Usage examples:

The americans cracked their diplomatic code

verb

Convert (the words of a message) into a code so as to convey a secret meaning.

Usage examples:

Only mitch knew how to read the message—even the name was coded

noun

A verbal or written remark expressing an opinion or reaction.

Usage examples:

You asked for comments on the new proposals

verb

Express an opinion or reaction in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

The company would not comment on the venture

verb

To express an opinion

Usage examples:

The lawyer won’t comment publicly on the case., [ c ] one of his comments had to do with the state …

noun

Explanation that makes something clear; clarification.

Usage examples:

Work that led to the elucidation of the structure of proteins

noun

The act of explaining something or making something clear

Usage examples:

These figures need elucidation., a diagram was provided for further elucidation.

noun

An act of going or coming in.

Usage examples:

The door was locked, but he forced an entry

noun

Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.

Usage examples:

The task of biblical exegesis

noun

An explanation of a text, especially from the bible, after its careful study

noun

A statement or account that makes something clear.

Usage examples:

The birth rate is central to any explanation of population trends

noun

The details or other information that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand

Usage examples:

[ c ] she gave a detailed explanation of the administration’s health-care proposal., [ c ] he had n…

noun

The process of analysing and developing an idea or principle in detail.

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This term is meaningless without further explication and analysis

noun

The act of explaining something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea

Usage examples:

His explication of each side's strategies and tactics is gripping., there's too much explication in…

noun

An additional piece of information printed at the bottom of a page.

Usage examples:

If the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow make up the core of a company's f…

verb

Add a footnote or footnotes to (a piece of writing).

Usage examples:

But in a phone interview, troy says that under current academic standards it would be ‘unacceptable…

noun

Shine or lustre on a smooth surface.

Usage examples:

Hair with a healthy gloss

verb

Apply a glossy substance to.

Usage examples:

The singer glossed her lips a deep red

verb

Provide an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase for (a text, word, etc.).

Usage examples:

The japanese word often glossed as ‘sincerity’ really means something different

noun

Writing consisting of hieroglyphs.

Usage examples:

Without the rosetta stone, it is likely that egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery

adjective

Of or written in hieroglyphs.

Usage examples:

Hieroglyphic script

plural noun

Pictures or symbols that represent words, used in the writing system of ancient egypt

noun

A thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book.

Usage examples:

The inscription on her headstone

noun

Words that are written or cut in something

Usage examples:

The inscription read "to darling molly, christmas 1904"., the inscriptions on the gravestones were …

noun

An individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set.

Usage examples:

The items on the agenda

adverb

Used to introduce each item in a list.

Usage examples:

Item two statute books … item two drums

noun

One thing that is a part of a list or a collection of things

Usage examples:

There were several more items on the agenda., a news item in this morning’s newspaper, basic food i…

noun

A brief note.

Usage examples:

A few jottings on an envelope

verb

Write (something) quickly.

Usage examples:

When you've found the answers, jot them down

verb

To write something quickly in a short note

Usage examples:

[ m ] the guard jotted down the van’s license plate number.

plural noun

Notes written in the margins of a text.

Usage examples:

The book was covered with marginalia

noun

A memorandum.

Usage examples:

An unnamed official was so alarmed by the draft that he wrote a highly unusual memo of protest.

noun

Short form ofmemorandum

Usage examples:

He put his conclusions in a memo to bethel.

noun

A written message sent from one person or department to another within a company or organization

Usage examples:

In a memo (to sb) in a memo to employees, the chief executive outlined plans to increase the shared…

noun

A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.

Usage examples:

We waited for twenty minutes

adjective

Extremely small.

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Minute particles

verb

Record (the proceedings of a meeting).

Usage examples:

The secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting

noun

A thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form.

Usage examples:

You should keep a written record

verb

Set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference.

Usage examples:

They were asked to keep a diary and record everything they ate or drank

verb

Anything providing permanent evidence about past events

noun

A marginal note or explanatory comment made by a scholiast.

Usage examples:

They fall into two categories: the first, a group of ten plays which have been transmitted to us in…

noun

Handwriting as distinct from print; written characters.

Usage examples:

Her neat, tidy script

verb

Write a script for (a play, film, or broadcast).

Usage examples:

It was perfectly scripted and beautifully acted

noun

A doctor's prescription.

Usage examples:

‘it is not about convenience and it's not about saving dollars, it's about the best clinical action…

noun

An object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else.

Usage examples:

Flowers are often given as a sign of affection

verb

Write one's name on (a letter, card, document, etc.) to identify oneself as the writer or sender.

Usage examples:

The card was signed by the whole class

noun

A written or printed mark that has a standard meaning

Usage examples:

The symbol for subtraction is the minus sign., a stop sign, a neon sign marked the entrance to the …

noun

A set of written characters representing syllables and (in some languages or stages of writing) serving the purpose of an alphabet.

Usage examples:

The japanese phonetic syllabaries (characters representing syllables) or the roman alphabet is used…

noun

A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Usage examples:

The symbol r in figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective

verb

Symbolize.

Usage examples:

The first was symbol of the atonement the 2nd was to symbol the carrying away of sins.

noun

Anything used to represent something else, such as a sign or mark, a person, or an event

Usage examples:

Five interlocking rings is the symbol of the olympic games., she’s a symbol of hope for people livi…