Notation
noun
A system of symbols or signs used to represent something.
In mathematics, there is a standard notation for equations and formulas.
Often appears as...
- musical notation
- mathematical notation
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Technical
noun
A note or annotation.
The teacher made several notations in the margin of my essay.
Often appears as...
- margin notation
- notation on document
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Academic
noun
A short written note, explanation, or comment.
The scientist kept a careful record of his experiments with notations on his findings.
Often appears as...
- notation in diary
- written notation
noun
In computing, a particular way of writing and organizing code or information.
JSON is a popular notation for data interchange on the web.
Often appears as...
- json notation
- xml notation
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Technical
noun
A system of symbols or signs used to represent something.
In mathematics, there is a standard notation for equations and formulas.
Often appears as...
- musical notation
- mathematical notation
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A note or annotation.
The teacher made several notations in the margin of my essay.
Often appears as...
- margin notation
- notation on document
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A short written note, explanation, or comment.
The scientist kept a careful record of his experiments with notations on his findings.
Often appears as...
- notation in diary
- written notation
noun
In computing, a particular way of writing and organizing code or information.
JSON is a popular notation for data interchange on the web.
Often appears as...
- json notation
- xml notation
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Symbolic Language
Helps represent complex ideas simply through symbols, often seen in specialized fields.
She learned the chemical notation for water is H2O.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Variance
Can vary between cultures or fields; don't assume universal understanding.
The music notation used in Indian classical differs from Western scores.
Pro Tip 1/2Symbolic Language
Helps represent complex ideas simply through symbols, often seen in specialized fields.
She learned the chemical notation for water is H2O.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Variance
Can vary between cultures or fields; don't assume universal understanding.
The music notation used in Indian classical differs from Western scores.
Pro Tip 1/2Symbolic Language
Helps represent complex ideas simply through symbols, often seen in specialized fields.
She learned the chemical notation for water is H2O.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Variance
Can vary between cultures or fields; don't assume universal understanding.
The music notation used in Indian classical differs from Western scores.
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The mad scientist of...
that's 180 pages in length, and it's just a big chunk of my life, and I'm just pulling out hair. I have a lot of it, and that's a good thing I suppose. So this gets really boring and really tiresome for me, so after a while the process of notating is not only boring, but I actually want the notation to be more interesting,
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Tod Machover & Dan...
and a software package called Hyperscore, which lets anybody use lines and color to make quite sophisticated music. Extremely easy to use, but once you use it, you can go quite deep -- music in any style. And then, by pressing a button, it turns into music notation so that live musicians can play your pieces.
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A different way to...
whether by using high and low drums, or long and short beats. Which ends up being heard as the main beat is not a precise rule, but like the famous Rubin's vase, can be reversed depending on cultural perception. In standard notation, rhythm is indicated on a musical bar line, but there are other ways.
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Peter Tyack: The...
whose world was so foreign to me, was evidence from captive dolphins that captive dolphins could imitate human sounds. And I mentioned I'll use some visual representations of sounds. Here's the first example. This is a plot of frequency against time -- sort of like musical notation,
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A brief history of...
If a numeral appeared before one with a higher value, it would be subtracted rather than added. But even with this innovation, it was still a cumbersome method for writing large numbers. The way to a more useful and elegant system lay in something called positional notation.
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How high can you count...
Can we go any higher? It looks like we've reached the limit of how many different finger parts we can count with any precision. So let's think of something different. One of our greatest mathematical inventions is the system of positional notation,
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How to read music - Tim...
notes. And although the end result can sound quite complicated, the logic behind musical notes is actually pretty straightforward. Let's take a look at the foundational elements to music notation and how they interact to create a work of art.
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#OurEarth Innovation in...
system is is actually detect notation and thunderstorms and it allows us to provide adequate warning for thunderstorms that may be approaching your area and that's one of them another one would be a system specifically to
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How exactly does binary...
Instead, each type of data is encoded in binary according to a separate set of rules. Let’s take numbers. In normal decimal notation, each digit is multiplied by 10 raised to the value of its position,
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Group theory 101: How to...
And, in fact, that's exactly what most solvers do, even using a group theory notation indicating turns. And it's not just good for puzzle solving. Group theory is deeply embedded in music, as well.
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The mad scientist of...
that's 180 pages in length, and it's just a big chunk of my life, and I'm just pulling out hair. I have a lot of it, and that's a good thing I suppose. So this gets really boring and really tiresome for me, so after a while the process of notating is not only boring, but I actually want the notation to be more interesting,
Video examples
Tod Machover & Dan...
and a software package called Hyperscore, which lets anybody use lines and color to make quite sophisticated music. Extremely easy to use, but once you use it, you can go quite deep -- music in any style. And then, by pressing a button, it turns into music notation so that live musicians can play your pieces.
Video examples
A different way to...
whether by using high and low drums, or long and short beats. Which ends up being heard as the main beat is not a precise rule, but like the famous Rubin's vase, can be reversed depending on cultural perception. In standard notation, rhythm is indicated on a musical bar line, but there are other ways.
Video examples
Peter Tyack: The...
whose world was so foreign to me, was evidence from captive dolphins that captive dolphins could imitate human sounds. And I mentioned I'll use some visual representations of sounds. Here's the first example. This is a plot of frequency against time -- sort of like musical notation,
Video examples
A brief history of...
If a numeral appeared before one with a higher value, it would be subtracted rather than added. But even with this innovation, it was still a cumbersome method for writing large numbers. The way to a more useful and elegant system lay in something called positional notation.
Video examples
How high can you count...
Can we go any higher? It looks like we've reached the limit of how many different finger parts we can count with any precision. So let's think of something different. One of our greatest mathematical inventions is the system of positional notation,
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How to read music - Tim...
notes. And although the end result can sound quite complicated, the logic behind musical notes is actually pretty straightforward. Let's take a look at the foundational elements to music notation and how they interact to create a work of art.
Video examples
#OurEarth Innovation in...
system is is actually detect notation and thunderstorms and it allows us to provide adequate warning for thunderstorms that may be approaching your area and that's one of them another one would be a system specifically to
Video examples
How exactly does binary...
Instead, each type of data is encoded in binary according to a separate set of rules. Let’s take numbers. In normal decimal notation, each digit is multiplied by 10 raised to the value of its position,
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Group theory 101: How to...
And, in fact, that's exactly what most solvers do, even using a group theory notation indicating turns. And it's not just good for puzzle solving. Group theory is deeply embedded in music, as well.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited.
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Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
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Niklaus Wirth
Swiss Scientist
My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.
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Harold Budd
American Composer
Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I'm looking for.
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Morris Graves
American Artist
I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye.
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Elias Canetti
Swiss Author
The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.
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Evan Parker
British Musician
To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.
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Flying Lotus
American Musician
I wish I could write music notation. Even if I couldn't play it, I wish I could just write it.
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Gary Moore
Irish Musician
I found reading musical notation frightfully boring.
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Harrison Birtwistle
British Composer
I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited.
Quote examples
Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
Quote examples
Niklaus Wirth
Swiss Scientist
My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.
Quote examples
Harold Budd
American Composer
Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I'm looking for.
Quote examples
Morris Graves
American Artist
I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye.
Quote examples
Elias Canetti
Swiss Author
The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.
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Evan Parker
British Musician
To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.
Quote examples
Flying Lotus
American Musician
I wish I could write music notation. Even if I couldn't play it, I wish I could just write it.
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Gary Moore
Irish Musician
I found reading musical notation frightfully boring.
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Harrison Birtwistle
British Composer
I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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