Accumulation
Cumulation (also cumulation ; from Latin cumulus , "accumulation", "accumulation") denotes:
- Cumulative double bonds in chemistry - i.e. those that are right next to each other
- Cumulative energy expenditure , in the energy industry a measure of the total expenditure on energy resources
- Cumulation (media) , the increase in net reach with additional advertising
- in meteorology a mechanism of cloud formation, see cumulus
Mathematics:
- Cumulative frequency , in statistics the additive increase in a frequency distribution with each additional value
- in the area of tabular stochastics ( binomial distribution ), meaning "addition" - it describes probability values that are made up of individual probability values (are added); the individual probabilities depend on the length of the chain (“n”), the desired event space / “hit” (“k”) and the probability of this event space / these hits (“p”).
Medicine and Toxicology:
- Substance accumulation , a gradual accumulation of substances (heavy metals, toxins) rsp. Drugs in the organism; see also biological half-life
- Cumulation of effects , the addition of damage even after the causal pollutant has been eliminated
Humanities:
- Cumulative facts , in jurisprudence facts of a norm that must be met together in order for the legal consequence to occur
- a mode with voting rights, see cumulating
University system:
- Cumulative dissertation , an (inaugural) dissertation in which, instead of a monograph, several publications are summarized in specialist journals
- Cumulative habilitation , an (inaugural) habilitation in which a bundle of several scientific papers is presented instead of a habilitation thesis
See also:
Wiktionary: cumulative - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: cumulate - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Cumulation - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Cumulus (disambiguation)
- Accumulation (disambiguation)