'Summation' definitions:
Definition of 'summation'
From: WordNet
noun
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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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]
Synonyms of 'summation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- account,
- accounts,
- addend,
- aggregate,
- amount,
- apocope,
- argument,
- body count,
- box score,
- capitulation,
- cast,
- census,
- compression,
- condensation,
- conspectus,
- core,
- count,
- curtailment,
- difference,
- elision,
- ellipsis,
- epitome,
- essence,
- evidence,
- foreshortening,
- gist,
- head count,
- inventory,
- main point,
- meat,
- nose count,
- number,
- pith,
- plus,
- plus sign,
- precis,
- product,
- quantity,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- reckoning,
- recount,
- recounting,
- reduction,
- rehearsal,
- repertory,
- resume,
- retrenchment,
- run-through,
- rundown,
- score,
- shortening,
- statement,
- substance,
- subtotal,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- summary,
- summing,
- summing up,
- summing-up,
- syncope,
- synopsis,
- tale,
- tally,
- telescoping,
- testimony,
- the bottom line,
- the story,
- the whole story,
- total,
- truncation,
- whole,
- x number