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notation

system of symbols to represent facts or quantities
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Summary

notation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: conceptual system[2], sign system[3], representation[4], rule[5]
  • Has use: registration[6], representation[7]
  • Commons category: Notations[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Notation[9]
  • Used by: human[10]
  • Main Wikidata property: P913[11]
  • Properties for this type: P506[12], P1406[13], P2620[14], P797[15], P571[16]

Why It Matters

notation has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] notation is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

handwriting recognition

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_notation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{notation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/notation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 6040
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'hi', 'jbo', 'nl', 'sv', 'uk', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 13
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 6040, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7331043|notation (#7331043)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Properties for this type → P506, P1406, P2620 +2
    Has use → registration, representation
    Topic's main category → Category:Notation
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 8240, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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