notational
Expressed through symbols
Notational means relating to a system of symbols used to represent information.
Musical notation uses staffs and notes; mathematical notation uses numbers and operators; chess notation records moves.
The term appears in technical contexts: notational conventions, notational differences between systems.
Something that is merely notational involves only how information is written, not what it means.
Staff pitch indicator
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- trebleHigh frequency range
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- restCessation of activity
sharp · flat · natural · measure · dynamics · forte · piano · crescendo
Visual form of character
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- signifierMeaning-bearing form
representation · semiotics · cipher · rune · hieroglyph · pictogram · ideogram · logogram
Abbreviated writing system
- stenographyCompressed symbolic writing system
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- scriptWritten words for performance
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
Gregg · speedwriting · longhand · grapheme · stroke · outline · abbreviation · contraction
clef
Staff pitch indicator
rest · sharp · flat · natural · measure · dynamics · forte · piano · crescendo · decrescendo
glyph
Visual form of character
signifier · representation · semiotics · cipher · rune · hieroglyph · pictogram · ideogram · logogram · sigil
shorthand
Abbreviated writing system
- stenographyCompressed symbolic writing system
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- scriptWritten words for performance
transcription · Gregg · speedwriting · longhand · grapheme · stroke · outline · abbreviation · contraction · phonography
algebra
Math using symbols
variable · integral · derivative · matrix · vector · set · summation · subscript · superscript · factorial
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
notationalinformal
Relaxed, not official
unsystematic · uncodified · colloquial · natural · prose
notationalliteral
Meaning exactly what's said
concrete · pictorial · representational · figurative · illustrative
- music notationWritten system for sound
- scientific notationNumbers times ten-powers
- musical notationSystem for writing music
- dance notationSystem for recording choreography
- mensural notationSystem indicating rhythmic values
- index notationSymbolic component addressing system
notation, connotation, annotation, denotation, annotations, notations