summation
(sə mā′s̸hən)
noun
- the act or process of summing up, or of finding a total
- a total or aggregate
- the final summing up of arguments, as in a court trial or debate, before the decision is given
Origin:
ModL summatio
See summation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- The act or process of adding; addition.
- A sum or aggregate.
- A concluding part of a speech or argument containing a summary of principal points, especially of a case before a court of law.
- Physiology 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.
Origin:
Origin: New Latin summātiō, summātiōn-
Origin: , from Late Latin summātus
Origin: , past participle of summāre, to sum up
Origin: , from Latin summa, sum; see sum
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