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Synonyms for summation
The synonym for summation recorded in this bank is addition, in the sense "the arithmetic operation of summing". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for summation
- additionnoun, in the sense "the arithmetic operation of summing"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day summation is audited in a second meaning.
the arithmetic operation of summing
The summation of four and three gives seven.
The true synonym
addition
Same sentence, swapped: The addition of four and three gives seven.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for summation in the sentence quoted.
- rundown
- minus
- times
Where summation turns up in the game
summation is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where summation is the trap
- multiplicationnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is times, in the sense "an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division", with summation sitting one tile away.
- additionnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is accession, in the sense "something added to what you already have", so summation is there to be ruled out.
- subtractionnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is minus, in the sense "an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated", so summation is there to be ruled out.
- additionnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is improver, in the sense "a component that is added to something to improve it", so summation is there to be ruled out.
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The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so summation reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. summation carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.