What's the difference between language and notation?

Language


Definition:

  • (n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
  • (n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
  • (n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
  • (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
  • (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
  • (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
  • (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
  • (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.
  • (v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thus it is unclear how a language learner determines whether German even has a regular plural, and if so what form it takes.
  • (2) The original sample included 1200 high school males within each of 30 language and cultural communities.
  • (3) The deep green people who have an issue with the language of natural capital are actually making the same jump from value to commodification that they state that they don’t want ... They’ve equated one with the other,” he says.
  • (4) Surrounding intact ipsilateral structures are more important for the recovery of some of the language functions, such as motor output and phonemic assembly, than homologous contralateral structures.
  • (5) This review focused on the methods used to identify language impairment in specifically language-impaired subjects participating in 72 research studies that were described in four journals from 1983 to 1988.
  • (6) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
  • (7) Groups were similar with respect to age, sex, school experience, family income, housing, primary language spoken, and nonverbal intelligence.
  • (8) And that ancient Basque cultural gem – the mysterious language with its odd Xs, Ks and Ts – will be honoured at every turn in a city where it was forbidden by Franco.
  • (9) Language and discussion develop the intellect, she argues.
  • (10) This empirical fact has in recent years been increasingly dealt with in pertinent German-language literature, the discussion clearly emphasizing the demand that programmes aimed at the vocational qualification of unemployed disabled persons be provided, along with accompanying measures.
  • (11) To do so degrades the language of war and aids the terrorist enemy.
  • (12) They have already missed the critical periods in language learning and thus are apt to remain severely depressed in language skills at best.
  • (13) This paper reviews the epidemiologic studies of petroleum workers published in the English language, focusing on research pertaining to the petroleum industry, rather than the broader petrochemical industry.
  • (14) Now, a small Scottish charity, Edinburgh Direct Aid – moved by their plight and aware that the language of Lebanese education is French and English and that Syria is Arabic – is delivering textbooks in Arabic to the school and have offered to fund timeshare projects across the country.
  • (15) The researchers' own knowledge of street language and drug behavior has enabled them to capture information that would escape most observers and even some participants.
  • (16) At the House Ear Institute, speech and language assessments are a regular part of the evaluation protocol for the cochlear implant clinical trials in children.
  • (17) The Rio+ 20 Earth summit could collapse after countries failed to agree on acceptable language just two weeks before 120 world leaders arrive at the biggest UN summit ever organised, WWF warned on Wednesday.
  • (18) Disagreements over the language of the text continued throughout Friday.
  • (19) And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but … fuck it, I quit.” A stunned colleague then told viewers: “All right we apologise for that … we’ll, we’ll be right back.” The station later apologised to viewers on Twitter: KTVA 11 News (@ktva) Viewers, we sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter on the air tonight.
  • (20) The European commission has three official "procedural languages": German, French and English.

Notation


Definition:

  • (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. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.
  • (n.) Literal or etymological signification.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As observed before, the inhibitors share a common main-chain conformation at the binding loop from P3-P'3 (Schechter & Berger notation), which is maintained throughout all the serine proteinase inhibitor families for which X-ray data is available, despite lack of similarity in the rest of the protein.
  • (2) Data received was converted to Munsell notation for evaluation of the dimensions of color, i.e., Hue, Chroma, and Value, as related to (1) shade differences, (2) thickness of porcelain, and (3) numbers of firings.
  • (3) Drug order notations entered by physicians on outpatient medical records were examined to determine if the availability of the profile influenced the completeness of drug-related data being recorded by physicians.
  • (4) In 300 Sienese skulls of known age and sex (146 male and 154 female) 6 modes of expression of bipartition of the hypoglossal canal were studied on the basis of a new scheme of notation that takes into account gradually increasing intensity.
  • (5) First, the historical evolution of number notations is presented, together with the mental processes for calculating and transcoding from one notation to another.
  • (6) The musical notation in braille remained intact: he could read by touch and play unfamiliar scores, he could also read and sing the musical notes, he could copy and write a score.
  • (7) Antibodies to the extreme C-terminal pentapeptide of procholecystokinin, YEYPS (in the single letter notation), have been used in radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemistry to characterize the material in rat intestine.
  • (8) A new system for the notation of intra-oral carcinomata has been described.
  • (9) The programs use a simple and logical notation to define motifs, and may be used either interactively or by using command line parameters (suitable for batch processing).
  • (10) Some of the research workers most closely concerned with the problem have now agreed upon a unified scheme for the notation of the human immunoglobulin subclasses, and, in particular, of the immunoglobulin G subclass, for which two different nomenclatorial schemes have been followed in recent years.
  • (11) Using this notation, a consistency condition for the completion of incomplete projection data is described.
  • (12) One route permits exact number representation, memory and calculation using symbolic notation.
  • (13) Microphthalmia is reported in two cases; notations are made about the orbits in three cases; and the fact that infants could not follow with their eyes is noted in three cases.
  • (14) A notation in one or more of these sources constituted a referral.
  • (15) These solid-state modules store information about each clinical use, including selected segments of the ECG rhythm and notations on defibrillator operation.
  • (16) This notation system appears valuable as a means of standardizing the examination and photographic findings from multiple institutions.
  • (17) (1) However, that proposed scheme of notation, which has already gained wide acceptance, left several specialized areas of nomenclature still to be resolved; one of these was the subclasses of immunoglobulins.
  • (18) Measurable lesions in a case such as aPR should be recorded in metric notation, using a ruler or calipers on X-ray films.
  • (19) Measures of recognition included a psychiatric diagnosis, psychologic and psychosocial chart notations, and various treatment options (e.g., therapy, consultation, referral, drugs, singly and in combination).
  • (20) Although established acuity thresholds should be regarded as conservative estimates, and not directly comparable to Snellen letter acuity notations, the preferential looking technique proved to be quite valuable in a paediatric ophthalmology unit.