summation
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- n a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
- n (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
- n the final aggregate
- n the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
the summation of four and three gives seven
- Attired in his morning coat, Attorney General Charles Cornu, 70, rose for his final summation against the defendant, in whose home he had been a frequent guest.
- And having watched both Clintons for nearly 20 years now, I believe it is an honest summation of what they think they're about: "Getting stuff done," as Bill Clinton used to say.
- The summation by Defense Attorney Joel Aurnou, 47, was emotional and dramatic.