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US
/səˈmeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /sʌmˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /sʌmˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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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 -
the final aggregate
the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered - (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
- a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
How To Use summation In A Sentence
- The urn as unravished bride proleptically contains its ravishment as a natural outcome in the ritual of weddings that parallels the consummation of questions asked. Deforming Keat's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'
- David's summation is simple: "In the very decade when it's clear that new antibiotics must be developed the industry has stopped developing them. Family Affair
- The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.
- Therefore, although it is the summation of light from several millimeters of tissue, the transilluminated signal gives the appearance of originating from a fairly restricted depth.
- He reiterates the issues at the end of each chapter, with a brief summation of the argument, thus giving the reader a basic understanding of each author's particular intention.
- Indeed, the summation of the semi-cone angle degree on the right side of the expression is higher than the summation of the degree on the left side of the equation.
- Dr Owen might have added, I suppose, that a necessary interest in the private lives of public figures was a feature even of powerful monarchies, where wedding-night consummation was a dynastic issue to be settled with the production of the kind of gloopy evidence now entertaining audiences for forensic science TV shows such as Top stories from Times Online
- The problem with the ‘vector sum’ formulation is that it ignores several crucial properties of the system: the ‘vectors’ are not independent, the ’sum’ feeds back into the individual vectors, and the operation of summation is non-linear. Link Farm & Open Thread #28
- Unhappily, we fear that such a consummation is still far distant. Disunion in the United States
- This, I believe, is the essence of the poem; you believe that through the consummation of a marriage of mind and nature it is possible to create paradise here on earth.