cumulāˈtion noun

Accumulation

cumˈulative adjective

Increasing by successive additions

cumˈulatively adverb

cumˈulativeness noun

cumulative action noun (medicine)

(of a drug) toxic effects produced when repeated doses are taken and the body has had insufficient time to break down or excrete each dose

cumulative distribution function noun (statistics)

A function, f(x), which gives the probability that a related random variable, y, is less than or equal to the argument of the function, x

cumulative dose noun (radiology)

The integrated radiation dose resulting from repeated exposure

cumulative vote noun

A system by which a voter may distribute a number of votes at will among the candidates, giving more than one to a candidate if he or she chooses