mathematical notation

/ˌˈmæθ(ə)ˌˈmædəkəl noʊˌteɪʃən/

Other forms: mathematical notations

Definitions of mathematical notation

1. noun

   a notation used by mathematicians
   types:

   number representation system, number system, numeration system, system of numeration

   any notation for the representation of numbers

   binary notation

   any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1)

   decimal notation

   any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)

   octal notation

   any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)

   duodecimal notation

   any notation that uses 12 different characters

   hexadecimal notation, sexadecimal notation

   any notation that uses 16 different characters

   sign

   a character indicating a relation between quantities

   decimal point, percentage point, point

   the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

   exponent, index, power

   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; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent

   infix notation

   a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence; operators are dispersed among the operands

   parenthesis-free notation

   a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components

   degree

   the highest power of a term or variable

   positional notation, positional representation system

   a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position

   equal sign

   a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal

   plus sign

   a sign indicating the operation of addition

   minus sign

   a sign indicating the operation of subtraction

   radical sign

   a sign indicating the extraction of a root

   log, logarithm

   the exponent required to produce a given number

   Lukasiewicz notation, Polish notation, prefix notation

   a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands

   postfix notation, reverse Polish notation, suffix notation

   a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands

   type of:

   notation, notational system

   a technical system of symbols used to represent special things