Meanings
- uncountablearithmeticA 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.
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In Polish Notation, the connectives are placed before the wffs. The virtue of this sentence is that its grammar is simpler, for it has no need for parentheses. Sider’s examples: (P ∧ Q) → R and P ∧ (Q → R) become → ∧PQR and ∧P → QR. If you actually look at a text in this tradition, you’ll find something slightly different. “C” stands for “consequence”, i.e., implication (→) and “N” for negation (∼). So,consider the following from Tarski and Łukasiewicz’s Investigations into the Sentential Calculus. The claim there is that there are three axioms: ‘CCpqCCqrCpr’ ‘CCNppp’ ‘CpCNpq’
2009, Brandon C. Look, “Symbolic Logic II, Lecture 6”, in www.uky.edu/~look, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2011Synonyms: prefix notation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
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Origin
After the nationality of the logician Jan Łukasiewicz
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian полски запис
- полски запис (polski zapis)notation for arithmetic formulae
Chinese Mandarin 波蘭表示法 /波兰表示法
- 波蘭表示法 /波兰表示法 (Bōlán biǎoshìfǎ)notation for arithmetic formulae
Czech polská notace
- polská notacenotation for arithmetic formulae
Finnish puolalainen notaatio
- puolalainen notaationotation for arithmetic formulae
French notation polonaise
- notation polonaisenotation for arithmetic formulae
German Polnische Notation
- Polnische Notationnotation for arithmetic formulae
Greek πολωνικός συμβολισμός
- πολωνικός συμβολισμός (polonikós symvolismós)notation for arithmetic formulae
Japanese ポーランド記法
- ポーランド記法 (Pōrando-kihō)notation for arithmetic formulae
Polish notacja polska, zapis przedrostkowy
- notacja polskanotation for arithmetic formulae
- zapis przedrostkowynotation for arithmetic formulae
- notacja Łukasiewiczanotation for arithmetic formulae
- notacja prefiksowanotation for arithmetic formulae
- symbolika beznawiasowanotation for arithmetic formulae
Portuguese notação polonesa
- notação polonesanotation for arithmetic formulae
Romanian notație poloneză
- notație polonezănotation for arithmetic formulae
Russian по́льская нота́ция
- по́льская нота́ция (pólʹskaja notácija)notation for arithmetic formulae
Spanish notación polaca
- notación polacanotation for arithmetic formulae
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Polish notation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Polish%20notation
“Polish notation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Polish%20notation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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