Integration vs. Summation

Integration vs. Summation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Integration and Summation

Integrationnoun

The act or process of making whole or entire.

Summationnoun

summarization; summary; summing up.

Integrationnoun

(society) The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to 'visible' (ethnic, immigrant...) minorities

Summationnoun

(mathematics) summing; summing up; adding (adding up) of a series of items.

Integrationnoun

(calculus) The operation of finding the integral of a function.

Summationnoun

a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

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Integrationnoun

(biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.

Summationnoun

(physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

Integrationnoun

The combination with compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

Summationnoun

the final aggregate;

the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered

Integrationnoun

the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

Summationnoun

the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers;

the summation of four and three gives sevenfour plus three equals seven
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Integrationnoun

the act of combining into an integral whole;

a consolidation of two corporationsafter their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimouslythe defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them

Integrationnoun

an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined