notebook
/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.74 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
noun
Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: notepad, rough book, writing pad, logbook, journal"
- "For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth."
- "With an unquenchable enthusiasm for locomotives and their work, at an early age I had commenced to keep engine and traffic-recording notebooks, compiled in a schoolboy's round hand."
- "We have found the use of Jupyter notebooks to be a convenient way of sharing work and code in a compact and reproducible manner. Jupyter notebooks are easy to update and adapt over time compared to a static CD-ROM."
- "Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French notebor. Middle English note English note Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English notebook From note + book.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/
- British English: /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/