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cumulative system

noun as in proportional representation

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In the rankings of asteroids that are potential hazards for the Earth - with orbits that cross our own - Bennu is number 2 in a cumulative system of assessment that includes the potential impact energy yield.

He writes as if what he is giving us amounts to a tight, grand, cumulative system of ideas — something of almost mathematical rigor — but the reader will do much better to approach this book with the assurance that nothing like that actually turns out to be the case.

The WTA rankings are an entirely computer-generated system that are, according to the tour's website, ”based on a 52-week cumulative system.

More recently the cumulative system of voting has come into general favor.

The legislative council would be elected from large districts and, if possible, by some cumulative system of voting.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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