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Definition: Summation |
SummationNoun1. A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court). 2. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "summation" was first used: 1760. (references) |
Etymology: Summation \Sum*ma"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression sommation. See Sum, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913) |
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Mathematics | The repetition of an index, subscript or superscript, denotes a summation with respect to that index over its range. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: SummationSynonyms: addition (n), plus (n), rundown (n), summing up (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Numeration | Noun: numeration; numbering; Verb: pagination; tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy; measurement; statistics. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Summation |
| English words defined with "summation": addition ♦ Missummation ♦ plus ♦ summational, summative. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "summation": aircraft sound description system ♦ BORCAL ♦ control total ♦ deQree days ♦ elliptical system ♦ flying time ♦ grand total ♦ hash total, House that Jack Built ♦ Integrated Exposure Assessment ♦ normal mode of vibration ♦ Power coefficient of reactivity. (references) |
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Health | FDA may request a summation and analysis of the data from staff of other governmental agencies (e.g., staff of the NCI), for review by FDA. If necessary, FDA may directly approach study investigators and request study data for summary and analysis by Agency staff. (references) | |
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| "Summation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Summation" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 94 | 33,845 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "summation": summation meter ♦ summation metering. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
summation | 75 |
summation software | 13 |
notation summation | 10 |
formula summation | 6 |
index summation | 4 |
sign summation | 4 |
summation blaze | 4 |
mcclellan summation index | 3 |
summation technology | 3 |
summation temporal | 3 |
legal software summation | 2 |
series summation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "summation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shumë (amount, awful, awfully, badly, confoundedly, considerably, consumedly, damnably, dearly, deep, deuced, devilish, ever so, far, far and away, good few, greatly, heap, heartily, highly, jolly, largely, like mad, lot, lots of, lump, many, million, most, much, no end of, not a few, notedly, number, oodles, passing, passingly, Peck, poly-, precious, price, proceeds, quantum, quite, really, remarkably, scrip, so, sorely, sum, thumping, too, tot, total, totality, umpteen, vastly, very, very much, widely), total (aggregate, all out, all up, tot, total, totality, utter), mbledhje (accumulation, addition, assemblage, assembly, clearing, collection, congregation, contraction, convocation, council, erection, furl, gathering, Ingathering, meeting, muster, picking, proceedings, rally, reaping, retraction, round up, session, shrinkage, sitting, squat, turn out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خلاصة (abstract, docket, epitome, essence, extract, extraction, gist, outline, pith, precis, quintessence, recap, recapitulation, resume, substance, summary), جمع (accumulate, add, addition, aggregate, ally, amass, assemblage, assemble, band, be gathered, cast, collect, collecting, collection, combination, combine, compile, compose, congregate, connecting, corral, embody, fund, gather, gathering, glean, go berrying, grouping, herd, ingathering, joining up, lump, marshal, muster, pickup, piece together, pile, pile up, pool, put together, raise, rake, rally, reap, round up, scratch, scratch together, stack, sum, sum up, summing up, tot, total, totalize, unite, uniting), المحصل, إجمال (brevity, lump, precis, summing up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | събиране (accumulation, addition, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, casting, collection, convention, convergence, gathering, get together, levy, meet, meeting, muster), сумиране (recap, recapitulation), обобщаване (generalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 总' (sum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | souhrn (aggregate, precis, summary), sèítání (addition, count, summing up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | summation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مقامی , خلاصه (Abstract, Compendium, Condensation, Digest, Epitome, Extract, Outline, Resume, Scantling, Schema, Short, Sketch, Sum, Summary, Synopsis, Upshot), جمع زنی , جمع (Aggregate, Mass, Plural, Rout, Tale, Tot, Total), افزایش 2 (Access, Accession, Accretion, Addendum, Addition, Gain, Growth, Increment, Intensification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sommation (summons), résumé (summarized, summary), récapitulation (summarization, summary, summary statement), addition (sum, summary, summing up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Summierung (integrating quantity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύνολο (aggregate, aggregation, ensemble, mass, sum, total), σύνοψη (abridgement, abridgment, breviary, digest, missal, summary, synopsis), άθροιση (adding), ανακεφαλαίωση (peroration, recapitulation, resume, summing up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | összegzés (epitome, résumé, recapitulation, sum, summary, summing up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sommatoria (sigma), sommario (abridgement, abstract, brief, digest, resumé, resume, rough, summary, summery, syllabus), somma (addition, amount, number, sum), totale (absolute, all, all out, blank, complete, entire, gross, integral, overall, sheer, sound, total, utter, whole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 합계 (Amounting, total, Totaling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ummationsay soma (addition, amount, count, entirety, number, quantity, sum, tot, total), total (absolute, all out, all-out, all-purpose, amount, entire, entirety, gross, integer, number, outright, plenary, run-down, sheer, sum, teetotal, through and through, tot, total, universal, utter, whole), adição (affix, cast, sum, tot). (various references) суммирование (funneling, recapitulation, summarization, summing), подведение итогов (summing up). (various references) sabiranje (addition), zbir (sum, total). (various references) suma (addition, amount, sum, total), total (absolute, aggregate, catholic, complex, entire, outright, overall, sheer, sum, tally, throwput, total, totalization, utter, whole, wholesale), resumen (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, conspectus, precis, recap, recapitulation, resumé, resume, summery, summing up), recapitulación (recap, recapitulation, summing up), adición (addition, adjunction, admixture, apposition). (various references) summering. (various references) การสรุปความ, การรวม. (various references) toplama (addition, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregation, casting-up, catchment, collecting, collection, concentration, congregation, convention, cull, gathering, gleanings, grouping, picking, rallying, roundup), toplam (aggregate, amount, muster, sum, tot, total, whole), hülasa, özetleme (abridgement, compression, summariness, summarizing, summing up), özet (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, compress, condensation, conspectus, digest, epitome, extract, gist, outline, precis, resume, roundup, short, sum, summary, synopsis). (various references) сукупність (altogether, collectivity, complex, population), підсумовування (enumeration, totalization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | summare. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "summation": summational, summations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "summation": consummation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "summation": consummations. (additional references) | |
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"Summation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sarmatian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "summation" (pronounced sumā"shun) |
| 7 | s u m ā" sh u n | approximation, consummation. |
| 6 | -u m ā" sh u n | acclimation, amalgamation, animation, automation, defamation, estimation, exclamation, inflammation, intimation, proclamation, reclamation. |
| 5 | -m ā" sh u n | affirmation, confirmation, cremation, dalmatian, deformation, disinformation, exhumation, formation, information, malformation, misinformation, reaffirmation, reconfirmation, reformation, transformation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deflation, deforestation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflation, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-m-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: manitous, manumits, tinamous. | |
-2 letters: amounts, atomism, manitos, manitou, manitus, manumit, outmans, tinamou, tsunami. | |
-3 letters: ammino, amnios, amount, animus, autism, imaums, inmost, manito, manitu, mantis, matins, miaous, mimosa, monism, monist, mounts, mutism, mutons, nomism, omasum, osmium, ostium, outman, outsin, summit, summon, tomans. | |
-4 letters: amino, amins, ammos, amnio, antis, atoms, aunts, autos, imams, imaum, iotas, maims. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-m-n-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: stramonium, summations. | |
+2 letters: ammunitions, communalist, staminodium, stramoniums, summational. | |
+3 letters: communalists, communicants, communicates, commutations, consummating, consummation, consummative, multinomials, somnambulist. | |
+4 letters: anticommunism, anticommunist, communalities, communicatees, communicators, consummations, immunizations, medicamentous, misassumption, multimegatons, somnambulists, summarization, unsymptomatic. | |
+5 letters: anticommunisms, anticommunists, autoimmunities, commensuration, communications, communitarians, communizations, decamethoniums, excommunicates, hexamethoniums, incommensurate, misassumptions, miscomputation, monumentalizes, mummifications, semiautonomous, somnambulating, somnambulation, somnambulistic, spermatogonium, summarizations, ultramontanism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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