summation
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sum·ma·tion
(sə-mā′shən)n.
1. The act or process of adding; addition.
2. A sum or aggregate.
3. A concluding argument after the presentation of a legal case, especially an argument made to a judge or jury by an attorney for a party as to why that party should prevail.
4. Physiology 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.
[New Latin summātiō, summātiōn-, from Late Latin summātus, past participle of summāre, to sum up, from Latin summa, sum; see sum.]
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summation
(sʌˈmeɪʃən)n
1. (Mathematics) the act or process of determining a sum; addition
2. (Mathematics) the result of such an act or process
3. a summary
4. (Law) law US the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court
[C18: from Medieval Latin summātiō, from summāre to total, from Latin summa sum1]
sumˈmational adj
summative adj
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sum•ma•tion
(səˈmeɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act or process of summing.
2. an aggregate or total.
3. a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with final conclusions drawn from them.
4. the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
5. the arousal of nerve impulses by a rapid succession of sensory stimuli.
[1750–60]
sum•ma′tion•al, adj.
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| Noun | 1. | summation - a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) summary, sum-up - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| 2. | summation - (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 physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms | |
| 3. | summation - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole | |
| 4. |  summation - 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"arithmetic operation - a mathematical operation involving numbers |
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summation
noun1. The act or process of adding:
2. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition:
Archaic: tale.
3. A condensation of the essential or main points of something:
Informal: recap.
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summation
[sʌˈmeɪʃən] N (= act) → adición f; (= summary) → recapitulación f, resumen m; (= total) → suma f, total mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
summation
n (= act) → Addition f; (= total) → Summe f; (= summary) → Zusammenfassung f; (US Jur) → Plädoyers pl; in summation → zusammenfassend
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sum·ma·tion
n. suma total, acción o efecto acumulativo.
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