notationallyadv.
/nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn̩(ə)li/, /nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃən(ə)li/, U.S. /noʊˈteɪʃ(ə)nəli/ As regards notation; in terms of or by means of notation.
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notationally1896
1896 Mus. Herald 1 Feb. 43/1 With regard to ba, Mr. McNaught admitted that, notationally, there was something to be said in favour of abolishing the name, but, educationally, it was better to keep it.
1925 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 47 261 The third subscript..will be omitted except when it is necessary to distinguish notationally between several groups of cofactors of the same order.
1940 W. V. Quine Math. Logic 33 A mode which consists notationally of compounding the statements by means of ‘implies’ and the two pairs of quotation marks.
1981 N.Y. Times 31 May ii. 19/1 Notationally sophisticated scores in which virtually every note has its own indication of tempo, dynamics, expression or articulation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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