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[kyoo-myuh-ley-shuhn] Origin

cu·mu·la·tion

[kyoo-myuh-ley-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act of cumulating; accumulation.
2.
a heap; mass.

Origin:
1610–20; cumulate + -ion

de·cu·mu·la·tion, noun
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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cumulate
 
vb
1.  to accumulate
2.  (tr) to combine (two or more sequences) into one
 
adj
3.  heaped up
 
[C16: from Latin cumulāre from cumulus heap]
 
'cumulately
 
adv
 
cumu'lation
 
n

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cumulation
1610s, noun of action from cumulate.
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