summation meaning and definition

SUMMATION noun

Definition of summation (noun)

1. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
   • synonyms: rundown, summing up
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"
   • synonyms: sum, sum total
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"
   • synonyms: addition, plus