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summation

sum·ma·tion

UK/sʌˈmeɪʃən/ US/sʌˈmeɪʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

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2.

(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

3.

the final aggregate

  • “the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered”
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4.

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”
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Origin

From sum + -ation.

Phrases

  • Abel's summation formula
  • Borel summation
  • compensated summation
  • in summation
  • Kahan summation algorithm
  • Mittag-Leffler summation
  • Ramanujan summation
  • summation method

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