cumulation
[ kyoo-myuh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
the act of cumulating; accumulation.
a heap; mass.
Origin of cumulation
1Other words from cumulation
- de·cu·mu·la·tion, noun
Words Nearby cumulation
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How to use cumulation in a sentence
So we shall speak of the type of historical cumulation as standing between evolution and bare temporal sequence.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism | Hans DrieschThere is a sort of cumulation of consecutive phases, the later ones being impossible without the earlier.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism | Hans DrieschWe have called one type of history evolution, the other cumulation; but how have these higher types been reached?
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism | Hans DrieschAnd this process is not less a process of cumulation than any other sort of development or so-called progress in history is.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism | Hans DrieschThe smallest cause, by cumulation of its action, can attain the greatest results.
The History of Creation, Vol. I (of 2) | Ernst Haeckel
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