- notation, notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
--1 is a kind of writing
--1 has particulars:mathematical notation; musical notation; choreography; chemical notation Derived form: verb notate1 - note, annotation, notation - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
--2 is a kind of comment, commentary
--2 has particulars:poste restante; citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation; footnote, footer; nota bene, NB, N.B.; postscript, PS Derived form: verb note4 - notation - the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
--3 is a kind of writing, committal to writing
Derived form: verb notate1