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Notation

noun

A technical system of symbols used to represent special things. Synonym: notational system.

A comment or instruction (usually added). Synonyms: annotation, note. "He added a short notation to the address on the envelope"

The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters.

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— The Communistic Societies of the United States • Charles Nordhoff

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— The Baby's Opera • Walter Crane

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— Great Italian and French Composers • George T. Ferris

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