单词 | summing |
释义 | summingn. I. Senses relating to calculation and arithmetic. 1. The calculation of a total by adding terms together. Cf. summing up n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > action of calculating or counting accountc1300 numberingc1325 telling1340 calculingc1374 countingc1380 accountinga1387 summinga1387 calculation1393 count?a1400 computationc1425 reckoningc1425 numeration?a1475 supputation?a1475 compute1531 calcule1601 summing up1607 computing1629 subduction1656 enumerating1864 headcount1913 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 91 (MED) Eyþer manere summynge is as vnredy as oþer. ?1537 R. Benese Bk. Measurynge Lande sig. Aiiiv Diuerse rules of summynge of measures. 1645 T. Urquhart Trissotetras 49 The summing of an Aggregat from which the first terme being abstracted, may residuat the terme demanded. 1834 Mechanics' Mag. 21 June 366/1 The simple addition of these logs, agreeably to the prescribed formula, with the summing of the natural numbers answering thereto, will be the only subsequent operations. 1968 J. Chambers tr. J. Piaget & P. Fraisse Exper. Psychol. I. iv. 202 The calculation of NR simply requires the summing of the numbers read in the table. 2014 J. A. Rosenthal Statistics & Data Interpr. for Social Work viii. 110 The summing of the products yields a negative value. 2. The calculation of the limit to which the partial sums of an infinite series (series n. 8) converge. ΚΠ 1736 J. Colson in tr. I. Newton Method of Fluxions Annot. 156 The Summing of a Series. 1875 Pop. Encycl. (new ed.) IX. 125/2 Other processes and divisions of algebra are the summing of arithmetic, geometric, harmonic, and other regular series; the use of continued fractions..; &c. 2015 Teaching Math. & Appl. 34 206 To account of the potential presence of particularly able students, we show how to cater for the inclusion of elementary calculus, the summing of series and even a simple limiting process. 3. Arithmetic, or the skills needed to practise it, esp. when taught as a subject at school. Cf. reading n.1 1d, writing n. 5b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic > [noun] > act of doing figurationc1430 stating1798 summing1823 arithmetization1902 number crunching1968 1823 Gentleman's Mag. July 53/2 The error is limitation of children to reading, writing, and summing only. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. vii. 352 Mr Tulliver, seeing signs of acquirement beyond the reach of his own criticism, thought it was probably all right with Tom's education: he observed, indeed, that there were no maps, and not enough ‘summing’; but he made no formal complaint. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Oct. 775/1 ‘Tools’ deals with writing and summing, which the schools treat almost universally as technique. 2000 J. Appleby Inheriting Revol. iv. 104 Young men and women turned to teaching.., churning annually through primary schools, where farmers' children went..to learn the fundamentals of reading, writing, and ‘summing’. II. Senses relating to summarizing. 4. The action or fact of stating only the main or essential points of something; summarizing. Also: an instance of this; a summary.Now much less common than summing up n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > summarizing summing?a1425 concluding1659 summing up1795 summarizing1808 summarizing1849 summarization1862 potting1909 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 0 (MED) Þer is þerfor in construccions & assumacions, i. somyngez, vnite & profecte. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Diiv I pray you paciently here the hole som. In feyth (quoth he) without any more summyng I know to beg of me is thy cummyng. 1658 D. Getsius Tears shed in Behalf Dear Mother Church of Eng. ix. 118 A short summing of the chief heads of faith and charity, unto which we may referre all things of Religion. 1898 Daily News 10 Mar. 6/1 Such is Mr. Decle's summing of Khama. 1999 Trans. Charles S. Peirce Soc. 35 705 Such a conclusion is implicit in Sallis's summing of his account of the dynamics of reason and imagination. 5. A speech made by a judge near the end of legal trial, in which the evidence and main points of the case are briefly restated before the jury makes its decision.Now much less common than summing up n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > summing up by judge summing up1641 summing1681 1681 Tryal William Viscount Stafford 239 My Lords, the Learned Person that spake last, hath left very little for me to say in the Summing of this Evidence. 1794 State Trials for High Treason (Robertson's ed.) 245 Having thus finished the summing of the evidence, I may say to you that this cause,..is at length brought to a point of conclusion. 1814 J. Boswell Justiciary Opera 71 The proof is strong, a verdict bring,..And so I end my summing. 1902 Times of India 27 May 5/2 The court-martial on Captain Argles,..met on Saturday to hear the summing of the Judge Advocate. 1991 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 29 Nov. (Late ed.) 7 The trial judge, Justice Wood, will conclude his summing today. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). summingadj. 1. That summarizes or concludes something; that constitutes a summary or total. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > that tends to produce final result > bringing to a conclusion finial?a1400 terminant1589 terminative1613 conclusive1639 summing1657 concluding1795 conclusory1846 terminational1874 1657 J. Rogers High-witnesse, or Heart-appeale 70 in Jegar-Sahadvtha It is a Summing Witnesse and Testimony now up in England too, or the finishing Testament of the Kingdome. 1860 I. Burns Pastor of Kilsyth 248 The great and summing evil..is just ‘the quenching the spirit’. 2010 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 16 Sept. 27 Kevin McCloud did his signature wistful summing speech at the end. 2. Electronics. Designating a circuit or device that combines two or more signals such that the output voltage is the sum of those of the signals, as summing amplifier, summing junction, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [adjective] > performing summation summing1946 1946 U.S. Patent 2,401,779 (title) Summing amplifier. 1967 Electronics 6 Mar. 120/2 A network between the output of a1 and the summing junction of a3 can be set to bring the total loop phase shift to 360°. 2016 Computer Standards & Interfaces 48 164/1 The weights of the summing amplifier are all equal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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