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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

/ ²õʌˈ³¾±ðɪʃə²Ô /

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

  • ˈ²õ³Ü³¾³¾²¹³Ù¾±±¹±ð, adjective
  • ²õ³Ü³¾Ëˆ³¾²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü³¾Â·³¾²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô·²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of summation1

1750–60; < Medieval Latin ²õ³Ü³¾³¾Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²õ³Ü³¾³¾Äå³Ù¾±Å ), equivalent to ²õ³Ü³¾³¾Äå³Ù ( us ) (past participle of ²õ³Ü³¾³¾Äå°ù±ð to sum; -ate 1 ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of summation1

C18: from Medieval Latin ²õ³Ü³¾³¾Äå³Ù¾±Å, from ²õ³Ü³¾³¾Äå°ù±ð 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.â€

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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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