REVERSE POLISH NOTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reverse Polish notation mean? 

• REVERSE POLISH NOTATION (noun)
  The noun REVERSE POLISH NOTATION has 1 sense:

1. a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands

  Familiarity information: REVERSE POLISH NOTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVERSE POLISH NOTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

postfix notation; reverse Polish notation; suffix notation

Hypernyms ("reverse Polish notation" is a kind of...):

parenthesis-free notation (a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components)