notation

柯林斯词典

1. N-VAR A system of notation is a set of written symbols that are used to represent something such as music or mathematics. 符号[usu supp N]
Musical notation was conceived for the C major scale and each line and space represents a note in this scale. 乐谱为C大音阶而构思，在这个音阶中的每一个线和间都代表一个音符。
...some other abstract notation system like a computer language. …一些如计算机语言的其它抽象符号系统。