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Definition of Polish notation
1. Noun. A parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands.
Definition of Polish notation
1. Noun. (context: arithmetic logic) A notation for arithmetic (and logical) formulae in which operations (respectively, quantifiers and operands) are written immediately before their operands, used to avoid the need for parentheses; for example, 3 * (4 + 7) is written as * 3 + 4 7 and ''A'' AND ''B'' is written as '''AND''' ''A'' ''B''. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polish Notation
Literary usage of Polish notation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"He measured reaction time and accuracy for both algebraic and reverse Polish
notation and found that errors were related to confusion between operations, ..."
2. Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme by Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser, Karl Knight (1999)
"... or Scheme notation), the second position (infix or standard notation), or the
third position (postfix, also known as Reverse Polish notation, or RPN). ..."
3. Analytic Orthography: An Investigation of the Sounds of the Voice and Their by Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1860)
"... ends with German m, and that this Latin word is, in German letters, kolum,
rather than (in Polish notation) ..."
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