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summation
[ suh-mey-shuhn ]
/ sÉËmeÉȘ ÊÉn /
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noun
the act or process of summing.
the result of this; an aggregate or total.
a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them.
Law. the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
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 ).
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Origin of summation
OTHER WORDS FROM summation
sum·ma·tion·al, adjectiveWords nearby summation
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British Dictionary definitions for summation
summation
/ (sÊËmeÉȘÊÉn) /
noun
the act or process of determining a sum; addition
the result of such an act or process
a summary
US law the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court
Derived forms of summation
summational, adjectivesummative, adjectiveWord Origin for summation
C18: from Medieval Latin summÄtiĆ, from summÄre to total, from Latin summa sum 1
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Medical definitions for summation
summation
[ sÉ-mÄâČshÉn ]
n.
The process by which multiple or repeated stimuli can produce a response in a nerve, muscle, or other part that one stimulus alone cannot produce.
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