cumulate

Example Sentences

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During sleep, brain cells produce bursts of electrical pulses that cumulate into rhythmic waves -- a sign of heightened brain cell function.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

Peters, B. J., Day, J. M. D. & Taylor, L. A. Early mantle heterogeneities in the Réunion hotspot source inferred from highly siderophile elements in cumulate xenoliths.

From Nature • Feb. 27, 2018

The later Swiss laws allow electors to cumulate three votes, but not more, upon any one candidate, so that the success of popular candidates is assured.

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.

In like manner it is held that within the mind processes cumulate and rise to a certain height before they cross the threshold of consciousness.

From The Nature of Goodness by Palmer, George Herbert

Sir Charles labored only to heap up the evidences of evolution; to cumulate them till the mass became irresistible.

From The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry