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Summation

noun

A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court). Synonyms: rundown, summing up.

(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. Synonyms: sum, sum total.

The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers. Synonyms: addition, plus. "Four plus three equals seven"

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... with macron"; [h.] "h with dot below"; [vs] "s with caron"; and so forth. In the article BALLISTICS, [Integral,a:b] or [Sum,a:b] indicates a definite integral or a summation between lower limit a and upper limit b. [Integral] by itself indicates an indefinite integral. [3].6090480 etc. denote ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various

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