prefix notation

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prefix notation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  prefix notation
      n 1: a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical
           expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
           [syn: prefix notation, Lukasiewicz notation, Polish notation
           ]

prefix notation - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  prefix notation
  prefix syntax
  
     <language> (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings
     of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function
     precedes all its operands.  For example, what may normally be
     written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)".  A few languages (e.g.,
     lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix
     notation in combination with infix notation.
  
     Compare: postfix notation.
  
     (2001-02-14)