notability 
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I need not enumerate the celebrated literary person- 
ages and other notabilities whom Emerson met. 
0. W. Holmes, Emerson, vii. 
[NL. . pi. 
A family 
Not acanthi (no - ta - kan ' thi) , n. pi. 
of Notacantlms: see notacanthous.] 
of acanthopterygians : same as Notacantliid<e. 
notable (no'ta-bl), a. and n. [< ME. notable, Gunt ] ter , 
< OF. notable, F. notable = Pr. Sp. notable = Notacanthidae (no-ta-kan'thi-de), n. pi. [NL., 
Pg. notarel = It. notabilc, < L. notabilis, note- < ffotacanthus + -idee.'] A family of fishes, typi- 
fj e( iky the germs Notacantlms; the spinebacks. 
worthy, extraordinary, < notare, mark, note_: 
see note 1 , v. In def. 4 also pronounced not'- 
a-bl, and by some referred unnecessarily to 
note 2 , use, etc., but notable in this sense is the 
same word.] I. a. 1. Worthy of notice; note- 
worthy ; memorable ; remarkable ; noted or dis- 
tinguished; great; considerable; important; 
also, such as to attract notice ; conspicuous ; 
manifest. 
Vnto this feste cam barons full many, 
Which notable were and ryght f ul honeste, 
Ther welcomyng the Erie of Foreste. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2741. 
They [the French] confess our Landing was a notable 
Piece of Courage. Howett, Letters, I. v. 5. 
In September, by the special Motion of the Lord Crom- 
burnt. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 
The goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 
Dan. viii. 5. 
Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns, 
That dwell in every region of his face. 
Shak., Othello, iv. 1. 83. 
This was likely to create a notable disturbance. 
notacanthous.'] 
notation 
as a notary jmblic, or public notary. In England these 
officers are appointed by the Court of Faculties of the Arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, the office having arisen under the 
civil and ecclesiastical law. In France they are appointed 
by the government, although the power of appointment 
was formerly claimed by the Pope. In the United States 
they are appointed in the several States usually by the 
governor, the power of appointment being defined by the 
law of the State. The general powers of notaries are not 
defined by statute, being derived from the civil law and 
the law merchant ; and their official acts, attested by signa- 
ture and official seal, are generally received in evidence in 
whatever country they are offered, while similar acts of 
commissioners and other purely statutory officers are gen- 
erally receivable only in the jurisdiction for which the offi- 
cer was appointed, unless specially authenticated by some 
judicial authority. In various jurisdictions some special 
Sowers have been conferred upon notaries besides those 
erived from the origin and nature of their office. Apos- 
tolical notary, an official charged with despatching the 
orders of the papal see. Ecclesiastical notary, in the 
early church, a clerk or secretary, especially a shorthand- 
writer, employed to record the proceedings of councils 
and tribunals, report sermons, take notes, and prepare 
papers for bishops and abbots. Notary public. See 
def. 2, above. 
notary' 2 t, notaryet, Corrupt forms of notary. 
[NL. : see Notaspidea (no-tas-pid'e-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
The typical genus of Notacan- Notaspis + -idea.'] A primary group^of tecti- 
They are of elongate form ; the dorsal spines are short and 
free ; behind them is one (or no) soft ray ; the anal fin is 
very long and composed of spines and rays; and the ab- 
dominal ventral fins have several inarticulate and more 
than five soft rays. They are marine, and live in cold deep 
water. About 10 species of 2 genera are known. 
notacanthine (no-ta-kan'thin), a. 1. Of or per- 
taining to the gen'iis Notacanthus. 
pertaining to the Notacantha. 
notacanthoid (no-ta-kan'thoid), a. and n. 
a. Of or pertaining to the Notacanfhida;. 
II. re. A fish of the family Notacanthida:. 
notacanthous (no-ta-kan'tuus), a. [< NL. No- 
tacanthus, < Gr. vurof, the back, + anav6a, a 
spine.] In eoql., having spines upon the back : 
Of or 
I. 
. 
thidw, having a series of spines along the back branchiate gastropods, characterized J>y the 
in place of a fin. 
notaeal (no-te'al), . [< notamm + -?.] Of or 
pertaining to the notreum. 
notaeum (no-te'um), n. ; pi. notwa (-a). [NL., < 
development of either a large noteeum or a 
true mantle, secreting a small external discoid 
shell. It includes the families Pleurobranchida;, 
Buncinidfe, and Umbrettidas. 
I NL., < Gr. 
ti 
They [Sayanians] prepare an intoxicating drink from 
milk, which they consume in notable quantity. 
Science, V. 39. 
Evelvn Diarv June 2 1675 <&. wjraZbf,'for wjrmZof, of the back"< varof, the notaspis (no-tas'pis), n. L i^., x ur. vurui-. t,uc 
back.] 1. In ornith., the entire upper surface back, + Swff, shield.] 1. The first well-de- 
2. Notorious; well or publicly known. 
This is no fable, 
But knowen for historial thyng notable. 
Chaucer, Doctor's Tale, 1 
They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 
Mat. xxvii. 16. 
A most notable coward, and infinite and endless liar. 
3f. Useful; profitable. 
of a bird's trunk: opposed to gastroeum. See 
cut under bird 1 . 2. In conch., a dorsal buckler, 
analogous to the mantle, developed in opistho- 
branchiate gastropods. 
Also noteum. 
156. notal 1 (no'tal), a. [< Gr. curof, VWTOV, the back, 
+ -al.~] 1 . 'Pertaining to the back ; dorsal ; ter- 
gal. 2. Specifically, in entom., pertaining to a 
notmn. 
shall ever ac 
him. 
Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned 
up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean 
linen cap. Mrs. Gaslcett, Sylvia's Lovers, xiii. 
Shak., All's Well, iii. 6. 10. no t a ]2 (no'tal), a. [< Jiofcl + -al.'] Pertaining 
to notes or the tones which they represent. 
[NL., < Gr. vorof , VUTOV, 
i, grief, distress.] In 
. I; ui 111 v j^uui_-a,i/iijii iiujii '. , *J_I"'-L i i.*!' 
Howett, Letters, I. ii. 6. pathol., pain in the back; rachialgia. 
. notalgic (no-tal'jik), a. [< notalgia + -ic,~] 
Pertaining to or affected with notalgia. 
Notalia (no-ta'li-a), n. JNL., < Gr. voroc, the 
Your honourable Uncle Sir Eobert Mansel, who is now notaleia(no-tal'li-a), n. [ 
n the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I ., -, ' v. , iv?,? ;,, 
hall ever acknowledge a good part of my Education from the back, -r- a/./of, pain, 
fined central dorsal area of the embryo. It is 
the outward appearance of the germ-disk or geiminative 
heap of endodenn- and mesoderm-cells within the blasto- 
dermic layer of cells of the ectoderm ; at first circular, 
then elongated, oval, sole-shaped, slipper-shaped, canoe- 
shaped, etc. ; and along its long axis soon appears the prim- 
itive fuiTOW or primitive groove, in which the spinal col- 
umn and spinal cord are to be laid down after this groove 
has turned into a tube. Also called germ-shield. 
2. [cap.] In entom.: (t) Same as Oribates. 
(b) A genus of chalcid hymenopterous insects, 
founded by Walker in 1 834. They have the abdo- 
men almost sessile, middle tibiae spurred, ovipositor short, 
hind femora with a single large tooth, and the mesoscu- 
tellum large and acuminate. N. formieifornm of St. Vin- 
cent's Island, the only species known, is no doubt parasitic. 
lOtate (no'tat), a. [< L. notatus, pp. of notare, 
mark: see note 1 ,.] In goal, and bot., marked 
with spots or lines ; variegated. 
=1s^q ' + <C tiiV :f' ,ol notation (no-ta'shonX n. **** = 
., _, _ , ..... r 9, the south temperate marine realm or zoo- = ^^ a ^^^n'o^t 
untidy 
than with rival notabilities. 
that of 44. T. Gill, 1883. 
ivai noiaouuies. tliai OI 44 . JL . trw. 1000. i i * n i mi, * f 4-' 
MT.J. H. Swing, Lob Lie by-the-Fire, p. 34. Jfotalian (no-ta'li-an), . [< Natalia + -a.] Of designate: see notel, .] 1. The act of noting, 
" stem of written sins of 
o ertaining to Nbtalia. 
'?. , - 
He never would have thought of marrying her, though 
the young woman was both handsome and notable, if he 
hadn't discovered that his partner loved her. ; -,f-~\ , , zj i iv.""j.i, 
L M. Alcott, Hospital Sketches, p. 157. Gr. vurof , the back, + aveynfyaAof, without train : 
=Syn Noted, Notorious, etc. (see famovt), signal, extra- see anencephalia.'] Congenital absence of the 
ordinary. back part of the cranium. 
II. n. A person or thing of note, importance, notar (no'tar), n. [< OF. notaire : see notary'*-.'] 
or distinction. A notary. "[Scotch.] 
Varro's aviary is still so famous that it is reckoned for notarial (uo-ta'ri-al), a. [< OF. notairial, F. 
one of those notables which foreign nations record. notarial; as notaril '(L. notarius) + -(.] 1. Of 
Addison. 
The tribunal of commerce, composed of business men 
elected by the notables of their order, deals with cases aris- 
ing out of commercial transactions. 
Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 286. 
Assembly of Notables, in French hist., a council of 
prominent persons from the three classes of the state, con- 
voked by the kings on extraordinary occasions. The in- 
stitution can be traced to the reign of Charles V. (four- 
teenth century), but the two most famous assemblies were 
those of 1787 and 1788, summoned by Louis XVI. in view 
of the impending crisis. 
notableness (no'ta-bl-nes), n. The state or 
character of being notable, in any sense of that 
word. 
notably (no'ta-bli), adv. In a notable manner, 
(a) Memorably ; "remarkably; eminently. 
[The Britons] repuls't by the Roman Cavalrie give back 
into the Woods to a place notably made strong both by Art 
and Nature. Milton, Hist. Eng., ii. 
(6) Notoriously; conspicuously. 
They both founde at length howe notably they had bene 
abused. 
(c) With show of consequence or importance. 
Mention Spain or Poland, and he talks very notably ; but 
if you go out of the gazette, you drop him. Addison. 
(d) (not'a-bli). With prudence or thrift ; industriously ; 
carefully ; prudently ; cleverly. 
notacanth (no'ta-kanth), u. Any fish of the 
genus Notacanthus. 
Notacantha (no-ta-kan'tha), n.pl. [NL., neut. 
pi. of Notacantlms : see notacanthous.'] 1. In 
Latreille's system of classification, the fourth 
family of Diptera, divided into Myilasii, Deca- 
toma, and Stratiomt/des, corresponding to the 
three modern families Mididfe, Beridce, and 
Stratiomyidai. 2. The Stratiomyidai alone. 
or pertaining to a notary: as, a notarial seal; 
notarial evidence or attestation; notarial fees. 
Several pairs were kept waiting by the notarial table 
while the commandant was served. 
The Century, XXXVII. 94. 
2. Done or taken by a notary. 
Madame Lalaurie, we know l>y notarial records, was in 
Mandeville ten days after, when she executed a power of 
attorney in favor of her New Orleans business agent. 
The Century, XXXVIII. 597. 
Notarial act. (a) The act of authenticating or certifying 
some document or circumstance by a written instrument 
under the signature and official seal of a notary, or of au- 
thenticating or certifying as a notary some fact or circum- 
stance by a written instrument, under his signature only. 
R. Brooke, (b) An act before a notary, so authenticated 
by him. Notarial instruments, in Scots law, instru- 
ments of sasine, of resignation, of intimation, of an as- 
signation, of premonition of protest, and the like, drawn 
up by a notary. Imp. Diet, 
notarially (no-ta'ri-al-i), adv. In a notarial 
manner. Imp. Diet. 
Spenser, State of Ireland, notary 1 (no'ta-ri), n. ; pi. notaries (-riz). [= F. 
notaire = Pr. notari = Sp. Pg. It. notario = AS. 
notere, a writer, notary, < L. notarius, a stenog- 
rapher, clerk, secretary, writer, < nota, a mark, 
a sign: see Jiote 1 .] 1. In the earlier history 
of writing, a person whose vocation it was to 
make notes or memoranda of acts of others 
who wished to preserve evidence of them, and 
to reduce to writing deeds and contracts. 2. 
A public officer authorized by law to perform 
similar functions, and to authenticate the exe- 
cution of deeds and contracts, and the accuracy 
of copies of document s, and to take affidavits and 
administer oaths. Such an officer, although now com- 
monly spoken of as a notary, is more formally designated 
in any sense. 2. A system of written signs of 
things and relations (not of significant sounds 
or letters), used in place of language on account 
of its superior clearness and brevity. Notations 
are employed to advantage in every branch of mathematics, 
in logic, in astronomy, in chemistry, in music, in proof- 
reading, etc. (a) Two systems of arithmetical notation 
are now in use, the Roman and the Arabic. The Roman 
system is employed for numbering books and their parts, 
in monumental inscriptions, and in marking timber and 
other objects with the chisel. A large number in this 
system is written as follows : As many thousands as possi- 
ble being taken from the number (without a negative re- 
mainder), an M is written for every thousand ; five hundred 
is then taken, if possible, and D is written for it ; as many 
hundreds as possible are next taken, and a C written for 
each ; fifty is next taken, if possible, and L is written for it ; 
as many tens as possible are next taken, and an X written 
for each ; five is then taken, if possible, and V is written for 
it' and finally an I is written for every unit remaining. But 
usually instead of IIII is written IV ; in place of VIIII, 
IX ; in place of XXXX, XL ; in place of LXXXX, XC, etc. 
Anciently, there were other extensions of this system. The 
Arabic notation consists in the useof the Arabic figures and 
decimal places. See Arabic and decimal. (6) In the alge- 
braic notation employed in all branches of mathematical 
analysis all objects upon which the operations of addition, 
multiplication, etc., are performed are denoted by letters. 
These objects are generally quantities (and are so called in 
describing the notation), though they may be operations, 
as in thecalculusof functions, etc., geometrical conditions, 
as in enumerative geometry, or propositions, as in the cal- 
culus of logic. It is usual to give certain letters certain 
significations (for which see the letters). Furthermore, co 
denotes infinite magnitude ; S , the ratio of the circumfer- 
ence to the diameter, or 3.14159 . . ; G, the Napierian base, 
or 2.71828 . . ; J., a right angle, etc. The sign = placed be- 
tween two quantities states their equality : as, sp. gr. mer- 
cury = 13.5. Inlikemanner,>means'isgreatcrthan,'<'is 
less than,'-< 'is as small as,' >-' is as great as,' ^ ' is smaller 
tha 
not equ 
theory of numbers. The la'st sign is also used to mean 
'is identically equal to,' thus stating two relations, one 
mathematical, the other logical. The sum of two quanti- 
ties is denoted by writing them with the sign +, called 
plus, between them : as, 3 + 2 = 5. The difference of two 
quantities is denoted by writing first the minuend, then 
the sign , called minus, then the subtrahend : as, 5 
= 2. When + or occurs with no quantity before it, 
is to lie supplied: thus, 3 5 = 2 means that 5 less 
than 3 is 2 below zero. But when a value has + or af- 
ter it and no quantity following, what is meant is that 
