No-tā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. notatio, from notare, to mark, from nota, a mark; Fr. notation, Pr. notatio, O. Sp. notacion.]

1. The act or practice of recording any thing by marks, figures, or characters; especially, in arithmetic and algebra, the expressing of numbers and quantities by figures or signs.
2. Any particular method of employing characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions.
3. Meaning, as shown by form or derivation; literal or etymological signification. [Obs.]

“Conscience” is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. South. Numerical notation (Mus.), a method of representing musical sounds to the eye by numerals. — Orthœpical notation, a method of representing the pronunciation of words by means of diacritical marks applied to the letters composing them.