— summational , adj.
/seuh may"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act or process of summing.
2. the result of this; an aggregate or total.
3. a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn from them.
4. Law. the final arguments of opposing attorneys before a case goes to the jury.
5. Physiol. the arousal of impulses by a rapid succession of stimuli, carried either by separate sensory neurons (spatial summation) or by the same sensory neuron (temporal summation) .
[ 1750-60; summation- (s. of summatio ), equiv. to summat ( us ) (ptp. of summare to SUM; see -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]