summation

[ suh-mey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of summing.

  2. the result of this; an aggregate or total.

  1. a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them.

  2. Law. the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.

  3. Physiology. the arousal of impulses by a rapid succession of stimuli, carried either by separate sensory neurons (spatial summation ) or by the same sensory neuron (temporal summation ).

Origin of summation

1
1750–60; <Medieval Latin summātiōn- (stem of summātiō), equivalent to summāt(us) (past participle of summāre to sum; see -ate1) + -iōn--ion

Other words from summation

  • sum·ma·tion·al, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for summation

summation

/ (sʌˈmeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or process of determining a sum; addition

  2. the result of such an act or process

  1. a summary

  2. US law the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court

Origin of summation

1
C18: from Medieval Latin summātiō, from summāre to total, from Latin summa sum 1

Derived forms of summation

  • summational, adjective
  • summative, adjective

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