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summation

[ suh-mey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of summing.
  2. the result of this; an aggregate or total.
  3. a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them.
  4. Law. the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
  5. Physiology. the arousal of impulses by a rapid succession of stimuli, carried either by separate sensory neurons spatial summation or by the same sensory neuron temporal summation.


summation

/ ʌˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act or process of determining a sum; addition
  2. the result of such an act or process
  3. a summary
  4. law the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳپ, adjective
  • ܳˈپDzԲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ܳ·tDz· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of summation1

1750–60; < Medieval Latin ܳپō- (stem of ܳپō ), equivalent to ܳ ( us ) (past participle of ܳ to sum; -ate 1 ) + -ō- -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of summation1

C18: from Medieval Latin ܳپō, from ܳ to total, from Latin summa sum 1
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The summation of my sources’ answers didn’t surprise me, but it did leave me asking more.

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With the leadership mantle passing from the former president to his understudy, Mondale offered a laudatory summation of the Carter administration.

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She becomes the summation of her own tragedies that she played on the stage.”

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"It's a pretty accurate summation of what it was when I first got down here," says O'Rourke.

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On his final day as an MP, Wragg had a consultation with a psychologist, which he jokes is "a fitting summation" of his nine years in the Commons.

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