summation

summation (sum-a´shun)

The aggregation of a number of similar neural impulses or stimuli. [Mediev. L. summatio, fr. summo, pp. -atus, to sum up, fr. L. summa, sum]
s. of stimulicumulative muscular or neural effects produced by the frequent repetition of stimuli.

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