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Webster 1913 Edition
Summation
Sum-ma′tion
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
summation
summation
English
Noun
summation (plural summations)
- A summarization.
- (mathematics): An adding up of a series of items.
Related terms
See also
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
- integration
- Σ
Translations
summarization
mathematics: an adding up of a series of items