Meanings
- uncountablearithmeticAn arithmetic notation in which numbers precede the operators to be applied to them.
Back in my day, we had reverse Polish notation calculators: You had to write "2 4 3 * +" instead of "2 + 4 * 3".
Synonyms: postfix notation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn arithmetic notation in which numbers precede the operators to be applied to them.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech reverzní polská notace
- reverzní polská notacean arithmetic notation
German Umgekehrte Polnische Notation
- Umgekehrte Polnische Notationan arithmetic notation
Greek αντίστροφος πολωνικός συμβολισμός
- αντίστροφος πολωνικός συμβολισμός (antístrofos polonikós symvolismós)an arithmetic notation
Japanese 逆ポーランド記法
- 逆ポーランド記法 (gyaku Pōrando-kihō)an arithmetic notation
Polish odwrotna notacja polska
- odwrotna notacja polskaan arithmetic notation
Portuguese notação polonesa reversa, notação polonesa inversa
- notação polonesa reversaan arithmetic notation
- notação polonesa inversaan arithmetic notation
Swedish omvänd polsk notation
- omvänd polsk notationan arithmetic notation
Cite this entry
reverse Polish notation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverse%20Polish%20notation
“reverse Polish notation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverse%20Polish%20notation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reverse Polish notation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverse%20Polish%20notation.
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