notational system

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notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special thingsnotationwriting - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"mathematical notation - a notation used by mathematiciansmusical notation - (music) notation used by musicianschoreography - a notation used by choreographerschemical notation - a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry