A good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it almost seem like a live teacher. From LearnThat.org. [Bertrand Russell, Source: J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956.]
He added a short notation to the address on the envelope. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But now the notation is cleaner and it has a better ending. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Familiarity with modern music notation is helpful, but not required. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Retreat with a Chant Focus] Reference
And the "youth" notation is strictly referring to the length of the stock. From Wordnik.com. [21 yr old female - Just Starting Out] Reference
Despite what people here have said, I think JSON notation is not really simpler than XML. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 12/20/2006 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
Steeped in Polish notation and the axiomatic method, Formal Logic typifies Prior's mature work. From Wordnik.com. [The Sun Is Not] Reference
The notation is somewhat obscure, because mathematical notation has evolved substantially since then. From Wordnik.com. [Supermodels Need 4 Letter URL Meme'Trackers] Reference
This implies that any wff coded in Polish notation has only one translation into the standard symbolism. From Wordnik.com. [Lvov-Warsaw School] Reference
Nobody reads Newton’s writings on calculus, in particular because his notation is awful and inefficient. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Time For a Blogger Ethics Panel] Reference
The musician must also know software, printing technology, and have a range of skills in notation and imaging programs. From Wordnik.com. [The Roots of the Pay Problem] Reference
Of course notation is an impoverished version of music, but all musicians know that, and approach notated sources appropriately. From Wordnik.com. [All your compliments and your cutting remarks / Are captured here in my quotation marks] Reference
The system of notation, which is here used, is very curious. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
SLR Star reads TBNF grammar notation, which is very powerful for defining compiler front-ends. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
The child is taken to the piano and a peculiar set of hieroglyphics known as notation is displayed to him. From Wordnik.com. [Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression] Reference
Milgrom has a wonderful ability to ape the jargon and notation of quantum physics, and writes in a 2006 paper. From Wordnik.com. [How to Teach Physics to Your Dog] Reference
In addition, the Smalltalk keyword notation is really nice for defining embedded DSLs, as Vassili notes in a recent post. From Wordnik.com. [Room 101] Reference
Today’s date, written in American notation – 3/14 – bears the closest approximation to pi of any date in the calendar. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Ken Mehlman Loves Lieberman] Reference
Even that notation is a detail. From Wordnik.com. [05 « May « 2008 « I Can’t Stop Reading!] Reference
Those use a different kind of notation, but they're fast" ". From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
I checked wikipedia and they used the latter notation which is what I thought would be standard. From Wordnik.com. [USCCSP: Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere « Climate Audit] Reference
The notes G, S, A, H in German notation in English notation G, E flat, A, B stand for "Gustav Holst". From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
I can say from my personal experience that Fred routinely puts this kind of notation on dozens of documents each day. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Peter Rost: "60 Minutes" Called Me Yesterday] Reference
Musical notation is Greek to them. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Developer can express their idea freely with any notation which is suitable. From Wordnik.com. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] Reference
My regex was written only for the British date notation which is day-month-year. From Wordnik.com. [AutoHotkey Community] Reference
I have a printout with a lot of data in this kind of notation: 1,2,6-10, 14,15 etc. From Wordnik.com. [Evil Genius Chronicles] Reference
Times referred to the more colloquial "notation" in his assessment of the service last week. From Wordnik.com. [Civilities] Reference
Romans are said to have made use of a system of finger notation. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
Another was sent four days later by another clerk with no notation. From Wordnik.com. [The Clinton File Mystery Grows] Reference
When you should simultaneously hold down multiple keys, a notation like. From Wordnik.com. [Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage] Reference
There's even a notation as to which cutting heights are best for mulching. From Wordnik.com. [Electric Company: No great spark for first-time user of a cordless electric mower] Reference
If a notation in rods be preferred, the span should be a rod, or half rod long. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
Write in capital letters (8) the words I and 0, and (9) numbers in the Roman notation. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Note that in the replay windows below you can click on the notation to follow the game. From Wordnik.com. [Lubomir Kavalek: Fooling the Gullible Chess World] Reference
Leafing through the 105-page transcript again, I found a notation: "Pages 16-82 closed.". From Wordnik.com. [History In The Making] Reference
Van Diest was more concerned with details for the notation of the future radium company. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
It's an old tradition that gets transmitted pretty exactly, pretty accurately without notation. From Wordnik.com. [Yo-Yo Ma's Musical Autobiography: 'Appassionato'] Reference
Jennifer Rodgers Beach discusses basic music notation, rhythm, sight-reading and more. 7-9 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [Fairfax County community calendar, Aug. 19 to 26, 2010] Reference
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