Those which result from the incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency or person undertakes such other actions
Weights Refers to weights calculated for cumulative number of points and areas for classes in ordered data Cumulative weights calculated from either highest to lowest (descending), or lowest to highest (ascending) class, can be calculated for a single evidential theme in the 'Calculate Theme Weights ' function Calculating cumulative weights can be useful in reducing noise from variation that occurs in categorical weights, making it easier to determine the optimum cut-off points for generalization of data Refer to Categorical Weights; Ordered Data Type; Calculating Theme Weights Cumulative
If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater. It is simple pleasures, such as a walk on a sunny day, which have a cumulative effect on our mood + cumulatively cu·mu·la·tive·ly His administration was plagued by one petty scandal after another, cumulatively very damaging. increasing gradually as more of something is added or happens (cumulatus, past participle of cumulare; ACCUMULATE)
Cumulative impacts are defined as effects of the project that may increase when considered in conjunction with other reasonably foreseeable activities in the surrounding area