summation
[ suh-mey-shuh n ]
/ səˈmeɪ ʃən /
noun
the act or process of summing.
the result of this; an aggregate or total.
a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them.
Law.
the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
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).
Origin of summation
OTHER WORDS FROM summation
sum·ma·tion·al, adjectiveWords nearby summation
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British Dictionary definitions for summation
summation
/ (sʌˈmeɪʃən) /
noun
the act or process of determining a sum; addition
the result of such an act or process
a summary
US law
the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court
Derived forms of summation
summational, adjective summative, adjectiveWord Origin for summation
C18: from Medieval Latin
summātiō, from
summāre to total, from Latin
summa
sum
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Medical definitions for summation
summation
[ sə-mā′shən ]
n.
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.