English > mathematical notation: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A notation used by mathematicians. |
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| Part of | mathematical statement | A statement of a mathematical relation |
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| Narrower | binary notation | Any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1) |
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| decimal notation | Any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9) |
| decimal point, percentage point, point | The dot at the left of a decimal fraction |
| duodecimal notation | Any notation that uses 12 different characters |
| exponent, power, index | A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
| fixed-point notation, fixed-point representation system | A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention |
| floating-point notation, floating-point representation system | A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix |
| hexadecimal notation, sexadecimal notation | Any notation that uses 16 different characters |
| infix notation | A notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence |
| numeration system, number system, number representation system, system of numeration | Any notation for the representation of numbers |
| octal notation | Any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7) |
| parenthesis-free notation | A notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components |
| sign | A character indicating a relation between quantities |
| Broader | notation, notational system | A technical system of symbols used to represent special things |
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| Spanish | notación matemática |
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| Catalan | notació matemàtica |
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