Notation and Reference

noun

• A technical system of symbols used to represent special things.
  • synonyms: notational system
• A comment or instruction (usually added. )
  • usage: "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
  • synonyms: note, annotation
• The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters. .

• (n.) Literal or etymological signification.
• (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. especially, the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity or operations.
• (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures or characters.
• (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures or characters.
• (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. especially, the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity or operations.
• (n.) Literal or etymological signification.

noun

• A remark that calls attention to something or someone.
  • usage: "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"
  • synonyms: mention
• A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.
  • usage: "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
  • synonyms: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, mention, quotation
• An indicator that orients you generally.
  • usage: "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"
  • synonyms: reference point, point of reference
• A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts.
  • usage: "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
  • synonyms: reference book, reference work, book of facts
• A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability.
  • usage: "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
  • synonyms: character, character reference
• The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to.
  • usage: "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
  • synonyms: denotation, extension
• The act of referring or consulting.
  • usage: "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
  • synonyms: consultation
• A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to.
  • usage: "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
  • synonyms: source
• Computer science. ( the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored)
  • synonyms: address, computer address
• The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to.
  • usage: "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"

verb

• Refer to.
  • usage: "he referenced his colleagues' work"
  • synonyms: cite

• (n.) One who or that which, is referred to.
• (n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.
• (n.) Relation; regard; respect.
• (n.) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
• (n.) Appeal.
• (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
• (n.) A work or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.
• (n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
• (n.) The act of referring or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.