summation

(sə mās̸hən)

noun

  1. the act or process of summing up, or of finding a total
  2. a total or aggregate
  3. 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
  1. The act or process of adding; addition.
  2. A sum or aggregate.
  3. A concluding part of a speech or argument containing a summary of principal points, especially of a case before a court of law.
  4. 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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