suffix notation

Definitions

General Science

• noun the system of writing mathematical operations in a logical way, so that the symbol appears after the numbers to be acted upon

Computing

• noun mathematical operations written in a logical way, so that the symbol appears after the numbers to be acted upon.

Electronics

• A manner of forming mathematical or logical expressions in which the operators appear after the operands. For example, (A + B) × C, which is in infix notation, would appear as ABC+^* in suffix notation. Also called postfix notation, or reverse Polish notation.

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