notation

Other forms of notation

plural

notations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about notation

What does notation mean?

notation means "a technical system of symbols used to represent special things". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in notation?

notation has 3 syllables: no-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /noʊˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for notation?

Close synonyms include notational system, note, annotation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is notation a common word?

notation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with notation?

89 words rhyme with notation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.