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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

black and white, written communication, written language go
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

writing go
letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

notation, notational system go
a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

mathematical notation
a notation used by mathematicians

noun.communication

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numeration system, number system, number representation system, system of numeration go
any notation for the representation of numbers
binary notation go
any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1)
decimal notation go
any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)
octal notation go
any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)
duodecimal notation go
any notation that uses 12 different characters
hexadecimal notation, sexadecimal notation go
any notation that uses 16 different characters
sign go
a character indicating a relation between quantities
point, decimal point, percentage point go
the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
power, index, exponent go
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
fixed-point notation, fixed-point representation system go
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
floating-point notation, floating-point representation system go
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix
infix notation go
a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence
parenthesis-free notation go
a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components