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Definition of Cumulation
1. Noun. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Compost Heap, Compost Pile, Dunghill, Midden, Muckheap, Muckhill, Scrapheap, Shock, Slagheap, Stack, Funeral Pyre, Pyre, Woodpile, Stockpile
Derivative terms: Agglomerate, Agglomerate, Cumulate, Cumulate, Cumulous, Heap, Pile, Pile, Pile
Definition of Cumulation
1. n. The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.
Definition of Cumulation
1. Noun. Accumulation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cumulation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumulation
Literary usage of Cumulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effective Speaking: An Exposition of the Laws of Effectiveness in the Choice by Arthur Edward Phillips (1908)
"cumulation is a "heaping up," a succession of statements bearing upon the same
point. ... The function of cumulation is obvious. By a succession of details, ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1903)
"JANUARY, 1903 MONTHLY cumulation, FEBRUARY, 1903 Huntington. Atlas and treatise
on abdominal anatomy. *$io net. Lea. About money. Sinks, PW **4O c. net. ..."
3. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1888)
"(1) Clash and cumulation of Consonants. This occurs in three forms :— (a) The
... The farther cumulation is carried, the greater the effort in pronouncing; ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... general, and chief justice,— for in early times the cumulation of offices was
the rule, and the division of labor was the exception. ..."
5. The Nature and Properties of Soils: A College Text of Edaphology by Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, Harry Oliver Buckman (1922)
"... cumulation seem to fluctuate with the carbon dioxide, while the oxygen curve
is almost the exact reciprocal. Other influences of a minor nature enter in ..."
6. Therapeutic Gazette (1904)
"cumulation of débris. Submucous injections and scarification often cause violent
reaction and are prone to leave an ulcerating surface, which may resist аИ ..."
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