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summation
noun
1 summation
A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court).
synonyms: rundown, summing up.
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.
3 summation
The final aggregate.
synonyms: sum, sum total.
Dutch: eindresultaat, eindscore, eindstand, eindtotaal
Polish: całokształt, suma
4 summation
The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers:
— The summation of four and three gives seven.
synonyms: addition, plus.
Roget 85:
numeration;
numbering
etc.
v.;
pagination;
tale,
recension†,
enumeration,
summation,
reckoning,
computation,
supputation†;
calculation,
calculus;
algorithm,
algorism†,
rhabdology†,
dactylonomy†;
measurement
etc.
466;
statistics.
arithmetic,
analysis,
algebra,
geometry,
analytical geometry,
fluxions†;
differential calculus,
integral calculus,
infinitesimal calculus;
calculus of differences.
[Statistics]
dead reckoning,
muster,
poll,
census,
capitation,
roll call,
recapitulation;
account
etc.
(list)
86.
[Operations]
notation, ,
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division,
rule of three,
practice,
equations,
extraction of roots,
reduction,
involution,
evolution,
estimation,
approximation,
interpolation,
differentiation,
integration.
[Instruments]
abacus,
logometer†,
slide rule,
slipstick [Coll.],
tallies,
Napier's bones,
calculating machine,
difference engine,
suan-pan†;
adding machine;
cash register;
electronic calculator,
calculator,
computer;
[people who calculate]
arithmetician,
calculator,
abacist†,
algebraist,
mathematician;
statistician,
geometer;
programmer;
accountant,
auditor.
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Dutch: optelling, sommatie
Polish: podsumowywanie, dodawanie, sumowanie, podliczanie
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