sum·ma·tion

(sə-mā′shən)

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)

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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	summation - a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) rundown, summing up 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" 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

summation

noun

1. The act or process of adding:

addition, totalization.

2. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition:

aggregate, amount, sum, sum total, total, totality.

Archaic: tale.

3. A condensation of the essential or main points of something:

recapitulation, rundown, run-through, sum, summary, summing-up, wrap-up.

Informal: recap.

Translations

άθροιση

sommation

addizione

summation

[sʌˈmeɪʃən] N (= act) → adición f; (= summary) → recapitulación f, resumen m; (= total) → suma f, total m

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summation

n (= act) → Addition f; (= total) → Summe f; (= summary) → Zusammenfassung f; (US Jur) → Plädoyers pl; in summation → zusammenfassend

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summation

[sʌˈmeɪʃən] n (frm) (summary) → sommario; (total) → somma, totale m

sum·ma·tion

n. suma total, acción o efecto acumulativo.