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1. (n.) summation
the act or process of summing.
2. summation
an aggregate or total.
3. summation
a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with final conclusions drawn from them.
4. summation
the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
5. summation
the arousal of nerve impulses by a rapid succession of sensory stimuli.
Etymology: (1750–60)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) summation, summing up, rundown
a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
2. (noun) summation
(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
3. (noun) sum, summation, sum total
the final aggregate
"the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
4. (noun) summation, addition, plus
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) summation
the act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate
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