Notation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

a comment or instruction (usually added)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/noʊtˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/nəʊtˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nəʊtˈeɪʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /noʊtˈeɪʃən/.

Examples

his notes were appended at the end of the article
he added a short notation to the address on the envelope

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

annotation notational system note

Parts of Speech

noun	a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
noun	a comment or instruction (usually added) “his notes were appended at the end of the article”
noun	the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters

Word Forms

notate	verb	put into notation, as of music or choreography
note	verb	make mention of
annotate	verb	add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

notación

un sistema técnico de símbolos utilizados para representar cosas especiales

🇮🇹Italian

notazione

un sistema tecnico di simboli utilizzato per rappresentare cose speciali

🇳🇱Dutch

notatie

een technisch systeem van symbolen dat wordt gebruikt om bijzondere dingen weer te geven

🇵🇹Portuguese

notação

um sistema técnico de símbolos usado para representar coisas especiais

🇷🇺Russian

обозначение

техническая система символов, используемая для обозначения особых вещей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अंकन

विशेष चीज़ों को दर्शाने के लिए प्रयुक्त प्रतीकों की एक तकनीकी प्रणाली

🇧🇩Bengali

স্বরলিপি

প্রতীকগুলির একটি প্রযুক্তিগত সিস্টেম যা বিশেষ জিনিসগুলিকে উপস্থাপন করতে ব্যবহৃত হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

குறிப்பீடு

சிறப்பு விஷயங்களைக் குறிக்கப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் குறியீடுகளின் தொழில்நுட்ப அமைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

సంజ్ఞామానం

ప్రత్యేక విషయాలను సూచించడానికి ఉపయోగించే చిహ్నాల సాంకేతిక వ్యవస్థ

🇮🇳Marathi

नोटेशन

विशिष्ट गोष्टींचे प्रतिनिधित्व करण्यासाठी वापरल्या जाणाऱ्या चिन्हांची तांत्रिक प्रणाली

🇮🇳Gujarati

નોટેશન

વિશિષ્ટ વસ્તુઓનું પ્રતિનિધિત્વ કરવા માટે વપરાતી પ્રતીકોની તકનીકી સિસ્ટમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕೇತ

ವಿಶೇಷ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸಲು ಬಳಸುವ ಸಂಕೇತಗಳ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നൊട്ടേഷൻ

പ്രത്യേക കാര്യങ്ങളെ പ്രതിനിധീകരിക്കാൻ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന ചിഹ്നങ്ങളുടെ സാങ്കേതിക സംവിധാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨੋਟੇਸ਼ਨ

ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦਰਸਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਵਰਤੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਤਕਨੀਕੀ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

نوٹیشن

علامتوں کا ایک تکنیکی نظام جو خاص چیزوں کی نمائندگی کے لیے استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

符号

用于表示特殊事物的技术符号系统

🇯🇵Japanese

表記法

特別なものを表すために使用される記号の技術的体系

🇰🇷Korean

표기법

특별한 것을 표현하는 데 사용되는 상징의 기술적 체계

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ký hiệu

một hệ thống kỹ thuật của các ký hiệu được sử dụng để đại diện cho những điều đặc biệt

🇹🇭Thai

สัญกรณ์

ระบบทางเทคนิคของสัญลักษณ์ที่ใช้แทนสิ่งพิเศษ

🇮🇩Indonesian

notasi

sistem teknis simbol yang digunakan untuk mewakili hal-hal khusus

🇵🇭Filipino

notasyon

isang teknikal na sistema ng mga simbolo na ginagamit upang kumatawan sa mga espesyal na bagay

🇲🇾Malay

tatatanda

sistem simbol teknikal yang digunakan untuk mewakili perkara yang istimewa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تدوين

نظام تقني من الرموز المستخدمة لتمثيل الأشياء الخاصة

🇮🇷Persian

نشانه گذاری

یک سیستم فنی از نمادها که برای نشان دادن چیزهای خاص استفاده می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

gösterim

özel şeyleri temsil etmek için kullanılan teknik bir sembol sistemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

סִמוּן

מערכת טכנית של סמלים המשמשת לייצג דברים מיוחדים

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