notation meaning
EN
[noʊˈteɪʃən] [-eɪʃən] WNotation
- In linguistics and semiotics, a notation is a system of graphics or symbols, characters and abbreviated expressions, used in artistic and scientific disciplines to represent technical facts and quantities by convention.
- Standard notations refer to general agreements in the way things are written or denoted.
FR notation 
- NounPLnotationsSUF-ation
- (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
- (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
- She made a notation in the margin of the book.
- (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Four equally spaced bolt holes on a bolt circle can be dimensioned at one hole with the notation (TYP) following it.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of notation in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
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- Countable nouns
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- fr notation
- en notations
- fr notations
- en notational
- en notationally
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "notation" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.