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sum·ma·tion  (s-mshn)

n.

1. The act or process of adding; addition.

2. A sum or aggregate.

3. A concluding part of a speech or argument containing a summary of principal points, especially of a case before a court of law.

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.

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[New Latin summti, summtin-, from Late Latin summtus, past participle of summre, to sum up, from Latin summa, sum; see sum.]

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summation

Noun

1. a summary of what has just been done or said

2. the process of working out a sum; addition

3. the result of such a process

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	summation - a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) rundown, summing up sum-up, summary - 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" sum total, sum aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole congeries, conglomeration, aggregate - a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
	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" plus, addition arithmetic operation - a mathematical operation involving numbers