Meaning of SUMMATION
| Pronunciation: | | su'meyshun
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- [n] the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"
- [n] a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
- [n] the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
- [n] (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce
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| | Synonyms: | | addition, plus, rundown, sum, sum total, summing up |
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, arithmetic operation, assemblage, biological process, collection, congeries, conglomeration, organic process, summary | |
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| | Definition: | | \Sum*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. sommation. See {Sum}, v. t.]
The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also,
an aggregate.
Of this series no summation is possible to a finite
intellect. --De Quincey.
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