summation
NounUS[suh-mey-shuhn]/səˈmeɪʃən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)Synonyms: summing uprundownType of summary, sum-up
- (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produceType of organic process, biological process
- the final aggregate“the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered”Synonyms: sumsum totalType of collection, aggregationKinds aggregate, congeries
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers“the summation of four and three gives seven”Synonyms: additionType of arithmetic operation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sum·ma′tion noun
Origin: Cf. F. sommation. See Sum, transitive verb
The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.
Of this series no summation is possible to a finite intellect.— Thomas DeQuincey
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54