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cumulation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | agglomerate, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
| Type of | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
| Has types | compost heap, compost pile, dunghill, funeral pyre, midden, muckheap, muckhill, pyre, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, stockpile, woodpile |
| Derivation | cumulate |
Examples of cumulation
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Any one change could have succeeded the cumulation of them is very risky.
From the guardian.co.uk
The job eliminations were a cumulation of efforts that started in May when the workforce was reduced by 15 positions.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Yesterday was the cumulation of too many expectations, errands that took too long, and kids with a need to scream.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
It is the cumulation of decades of erosion by degrees until all that is left is hopelessness, poweless and inertia.
From the guardian.co.uk
Developed countries are the major contributors to this cumulation, and it is right that they should bear their fair share of the cost.
From the economist.com
Cumulation is associated with closure or relaxation, countercumulation with openness or tension, while additive rhythms are open-ended and repetitive.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Pile: a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (cumulate) accumulate: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
- (cumulative) accumulative: increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"
- Cumulate rocks are igneous rocks formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma either by settling or floating. Cumulate rocks are named according to their texture; cumulate texture is diagnostic of the conditions of formation of this group of igneous rocks.
- The act of heaping together; a heap
- (cumulative) Incorporating all data up to the present; That is formed by accumulation of successive additions; That tends to accumulate; Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid
- The term cumulative refers to preferred stock dividends. When a dividend is cumulative, if the payment of any dividend is omitted, the omitted or unpaid dividend(s) is accrued and must be paid to the preferred holders before any dividends may be paid on the company's common stock. ...
- (CUMULATIVE) Changes that increase by multiplying ranges of negative-neutral-positive values on a pyramid structure, like the trunk-limb-branches of a tree.
- (Cumulative) A running total of values used to form an indicator. On Balance Volume is a running total of volume. Volume is added on up days and subtracted on down days. See our Chart School article on the AD Line for an example.
