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SUMMATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
Example:
four plus three equals seven
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("summation" is a kind of...):
arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)
Derivation:
sum (determine the sum of)
summational (of or relating to a summation or produced by summation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
Synonyms:
rundown; summation; summing up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("summation" is a kind of...):
sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
sum (be a summary of)
summational (of or relating to a summation or produced by summation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The final aggregate
Example:
the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
Synonyms:
sum; sum total; summation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("summation" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "summation"):
aggregate; congeries; conglomeration (a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together)
Derivation:
summational (of or relating to a summation or produced by summation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("summation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Derivation:
summational (of or relating to a summation or produced by summation)
