Summation Definition
sə-māshən
noun
The act or process of summing up, or of finding a total.
Webster's New World
A total or aggregate.
Webster's New World
A concluding argument after the presentation of a legal case, especially an argument made to a judge or jury by an attorney for a party as to why that party should prevail.
American Heritage
The final summing up of arguments, as in a court trial or debate, before the decision is given.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage Medicine
Other Word Forms of Summation
Noun
Singular:
summation
Plural:
summationsOrigin of Summation
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New Latin summātiō summātiōn- from Late Latin summātus past participle of summāre to sum up from Latin summa sum sum
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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