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F. notation. See 5th Note.]
1. The act or practice of recording anything by
marks, figures, or characters.

2. Any particular system of characters,
symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to
express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of
figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express
number, quantity, or operations.

3. 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.

Notch (?), n. [Akin to nock; cf.
OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. Nick a notch.]

1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an
indentation.

And on the stick ten equal notches
makes.

Swift.

2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a
deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a
mountain.

Notch, v. t. [imp.

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