D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Notation

/nōt-āsh'-ən/ · No·ta·tion · IPA /noʊˈteɪʃən/
01 n. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
  1. 1.
    The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
  2. 2.
    Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc.
  3. 3.
    Literal or etymological signification.[Obs.]
    ““Conscience” is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge.” South.