a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
(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
the final aggregate;"the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
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"
中英词源
summation 总结，概括
来自 sum,总结，概括，-ation,名词后缀。
summation (n.)
1760, "process of calculating a sum," from Modern Latin summationem (nominative summatio) "an adding up," noun of action from Late Latin summatus, past participle of summare "to sum up," from Latin summa (see sum (n.)). Meaning "a summing up" is from 1836.
词态变化
复数 summations;
权威造句
1. What he said was a fair summation of the discussion.
他这番话对讨论作了恰当的总结。
来自《权威词典》
2. The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.
最后,辩护律师作了辩论总结.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Her introduction is a model of fairness, a lively summation of Irish history.
她的导论是客观公正的典范，是对爱尔兰历史的生动概括。
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4. The electrostatic summation must be evaluated for an explicIt"set of ion position.
静电能的加和必须根据离子的具体位置来计算.
来自辞典例句
5. The exhibition was a summation of his life"s work.
