单词 | summation |
释义 | summation —summational, adj. /seuh may"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of summing. 2. the result of this; an aggregate or total. 3. a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them. 4. Law. the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury. 5. Physiol. the 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). [1750-60; < ML summation- (s. of summatio), equiv. to summat(us) (ptp. of summare to SUM; see -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] |
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