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Summation vs Aggregation - What's the difference?

summation | aggregation |

As nouns the difference between summation and aggregation

is that summation is a summarization while aggregation is .

summation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A summarization.
  • (mathematics): An adding up of a series of items.

    • Related terms

    * in summation * sum * summate

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * integration *

    aggregation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of collecting together (aggregating).
  • The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
  • A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
  • (networking) summarizing multiple routes into one route.
  • (epidemiology) the majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.