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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sum•ma•tion /səˈmeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the act or process of summing.
- a review of previously stated facts or statements, often with final conclusions.
- Lawthe final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sum•ma•tion (sə mā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act or process of summing.
- the result of this;
an aggregate or total. - a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them.
- Lawthe final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
- Physiologythe arousal of impulses by a rapid succession of stimuli, carried either by separate sensory neurons (spatial summation) or by the same sensory neuron (temporal summation.)
- Medieval Latin summātiōn- (stem of summātiō), equivalent. to summāt(us) (past participle of summāre to sum; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
- 1750–60
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