SUMMATION

summation, addition, plus

(noun) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; “the summation of four and three gives seven”; “four plus three equals seven”

summation, summing up, rundown

(noun) a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

sum, summation, sum total

(noun) the final aggregate; “the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered”

summation

(noun) (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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

summation (countable and uncountable, plural summations)

A summarization.

(mathematics) An adding up of a series of items.

Source: Wiktionary


Sum*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sommation. See Sum, v. t.]

Definition: The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate. Of this series no summation is possible to a finite intellect. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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