summation
summation · summations
Summarization; summary; summing upSummarization; summary; summing up.
/sʌˈmeɪʃən/
» I object to that summation; it was entirely too short.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Summarization; summary; summing up.
(countable, uncountable)Summing; summing up; adding (adding up) of a series of items.
More definitions
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
- a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
- (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
- the final aggregate
Examples
2 sentencesI object to that summation; it was entirely too short.
In this article, we use Einstein notation for summation.
deIn diesem Artikel verwenden wir die Einsteinsche Summenkonvention.
Translations
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Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers:addition
- a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court):summing uprundown
- the final aggregate:sumsum total
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable