'Summation' definitions:

Definition of 'summation'

(from WordNet)
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A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) [syn: summation, summing up, rundown]
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(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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The final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" [syn: sum, summation, sum total]
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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" [syn: summation, addition, plus]

Definition of 'Summation'

From: GCIDE
  • Summation \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Of this series no summation is possible to a finite intellect. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

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