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sum⋅ma⋅tion
[suh-mey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 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. | Physiology. 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). |
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Main Entry: spatial summation
Function: noun
: sensory summation that involves stimulation of several spatially separated neurons at the same time
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