"summation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sʌˈmeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: summations [plural]
Etymology: From sum + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sum|-ation}} sum + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} summation (countable and uncountable, plural summations)
  1. summarization; summary; summing up. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (summarization): обобщение (obobštenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
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  2. (mathematics) summing; summing up; adding (adding up) of a series of items. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms (division): remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend Related terms (division; dividend): ÷ = (quotient) Related terms (multiplication; multiplier): × = × = (multiplicand) (english: factor; factor; product) Related terms (subtraction): − = (subtrahend) (english: difference) Translations (mathematics: an adding up of a series of items): batukari (Basque), събиране (sǎbirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), сумиране (sumirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sumatori [masculine] (Catalan), დაჯამება (daǯameba) (Georgian), შეკრება (šeḳreba) (Georgian), άθροιση (áthroisi) [feminine] (Greek), summumyndun [feminine] (Icelandic), sommatoria (Italian), somatório [masculine] (Portuguese), somatória [feminine] (Portuguese), însumare [feminine] (Romanian), zbrajanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sumatoria [feminine] (Spanish), sumatorio [masculine] (Spanish), kadagupan (Tagalog), toplama (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Abel's summation formula, Borel summation, compensated summation, in summation, Kahan summation algorithm, Mittag-Leffler summation, Ramanujan summation, summation method, summation plural Related terms: sum, summate, addition, + = (alt: summand) (english: summation: +), integration, Σ

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mathematics: an adding up of a series of items",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "somatória"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematics: an adding up of a series of items",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "însumare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mathematics: an adding up of a series of items",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zbrajanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mathematics: an adding up of a series of items",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sumatoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mathematics: an adding up of a series of items",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sumatorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mathematics: an adding up of a series of items",
      "word": "kadagupan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mathematics: an adding up of a series of items",
      "word": "toplama"
    }
  ],
  "word": "summation"
}

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