Definitions for: Summation

[n] the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"
[n] a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
[n] the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
[n] (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

Webster (1913) Definition: Sum*ma"tion, n. [Cf. F. sommation. See Sum, v. t.]
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. --De Quincey.

Synonyms: addition, plus, rundown, sum, sum total, summing up

See Also: accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, arithmetic operation, assemblage, biological process, collection, congeries, conglomeration, organic process, summary

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