summatorn.

Brit.

/sʌˈmeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈsəˌmeɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: summate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < summate v. + -or suffix.

1. A device or instrument used to calculate the sum of two or more numbers; spec. (in later use) any of various instruments or circuits used for calculating, registering, or recording the total amount of a continuous input. Cf. integrator n.

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summator1856

1856 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 286 W. Jones exhibited a ‘Summator,’ an instrument designed to perform the addition of numbers.

1930 Engineering 11 Apr. 482/1 The summator proper consists of two parts, a series of small dials giving the total kilowatt hours recorded by all the individual meters and larger dials, on which the maximum demand in kilowatts is aggregated.

2013 19th Internat. Conf. Control Syst. & Computer Sci. 283/2 The summator calculates: Σ^M_{i = 1} ( Z_ij − M_j ).

2. Psychology. More fully verbal summator. A device used to deliver repeated sequences of word-like sounds to a listener who is encouraged to interpret them as meaningful speech. Now historical.This device was often used in testing supposed to reveal subconscious elements of personality.

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1936 B. F. Skinner in Jrnl. Psychol. 2 71 The verbal summator is a device for repeating arbitrary samples of speech obtained by permuting and combining certain elemental speech-sounds.

1950 F. S. Keller & W. N. Schoenfeld Princ. Psychol. xi. 395 When normal persons are compared with mental hospital patients gross differences appear in their responses to the summator.

1991 J. C. Malone Theories of Learning viii. 255/1 Skinner invented an ‘auditory Rorschach’ in the form of the verbal summator.

2008 Inter. Jrnl. Psychol. & Psychol. Therapy 8 277 He [sc. Skinner] collected data on verbal phenomena, including sequential patterning in poetry, guessing, and multiple causation as tapped by a device he called the verbal summator.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summator
释义	summatorn. Brit. /sʌˈmeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈsəˌmeɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: summate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < summate v. + -or suffix. 1. A device or instrument used to calculate the sum of two or more numbers; spec. (in later use) any of various instruments or circuits used for calculating, registering, or recording the total amount of a continuous input. Cf. integrator n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > electronic instruments > [noun] > summarizing device summator1856 1856 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 286 W. Jones exhibited a ‘Summator,’ an instrument designed to perform the addition of numbers. 1930 Engineering 11 Apr. 482/1 The summator proper consists of two parts, a series of small dials giving the total kilowatt hours recorded by all the individual meters and larger dials, on which the maximum demand in kilowatts is aggregated. 2013 19th Internat. Conf. Control Syst. & Computer Sci. 283/2 The summator calculates: Σ^M_{i = 1} ( Z_ij − M_j ). 2. Psychology. More fully verbal summator. A device used to deliver repeated sequences of word-like sounds to a listener who is encouraged to interpret them as meaningful speech. Now historical.This device was often used in testing supposed to reveal subconscious elements of personality. ΚΠ 1936 B. F. Skinner in Jrnl. Psychol. 2 71 The verbal summator is a device for repeating arbitrary samples of speech obtained by permuting and combining certain elemental speech-sounds. 1950 F. S. Keller & W. N. Schoenfeld Princ. Psychol. xi. 395 When normal persons are compared with mental hospital patients gross differences appear in their responses to the summator. 1991 J. C. Malone Theories of Learning viii. 255/1 Skinner invented an ‘auditory Rorschach’ in the form of the verbal summator. 2008 Inter. Jrnl. Psychol. & Psychol. Therapy 8 277 He [sc. Skinner] collected data on verbal phenomena, including sequential patterning in poetry, guessing, and multiple causation as tapped by a device he called the verbal summator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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