temporal summation

noun

1. See under summation.

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).

noun

1. the act or process of determining a sum; addition
2. the result of such an act or process
3. a summary
4. US law the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a case before a court

n.1760, from Modern Latin summationem (nominative summatio) “an adding up,” from Late Latin summatus, past participle of summare “to sum up,” from Latin summa (see sum). n.

1. The process by which multiple or repeated stimuli can produce a response in a nerve, muscle, or other part that one stimulus alone cannot produce.