SUMMATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does summation mean?
• SUMMATION (noun)
The noun SUMMATION has 4 senses:
1. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
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
4. the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
Familiarity information: SUMMATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SUMMATION (noun)
Meaning:
A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
summing up; summation; rundown
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)
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)
Meaning:
The final aggregate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
sum total; sum; summation
Context example:
the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
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)
Meaning:
The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
plus; summation; addition
Context examples:
the summation of four and three gives seven / four plus three equals seven
Hypernyms ("summation" is a kind of...):
arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)
