NOTATIONAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does notational system mean? 

• NOTATIONAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun NOTATIONAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

  Familiarity information: NOTATIONAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTATIONAL SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A technical system of symbols used to represent special things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

notation; notational system

Hypernyms ("notational system" is a kind of...):

writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notational system"):

mathematical notation (a notation used by mathematicians)

musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)

choreography (a notation used by choreographers)

chemical notation (a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry)