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summation
[suh-mey-shuhn]
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.
summation
/ ʌˈɪʃə /
noun
the act or process of determining a sum; addition
the result of such an act or process
a summary
law the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court
Other Word Forms
- summational adjective
- ˈܳپ adjective
- ܳˈپDzԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of summation1
Word History and Origins
Origin of summation1
Example Sentences
Wolf knows that, without his intending it, “Pee-wee as Himself” will be viewed as a grand summation of someone who never quite knew what to make of himself.
If you were looking for a handy summation of what's wrong with the Democratic Party, and many voters are, you could do a lot worse than Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
The summation of my sources’ answers didn’t surprise me, but it did leave me asking more.
With the leadership mantle passing from the former president to his understudy, Mondale offered a laudatory summation of the Carter administration.
She becomes the summation of her own tragedies that she played on the stage.”
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