RESULTANT

attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent, collateral

(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence; “an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems”; “snags incidental to the changeover in management”; “attendant circumstances”; “the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness”; “the ensuant response to his appeal”; “the resultant savings were considerable”; “collateral target damage from a bombing run”

result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination

(noun) something that results; “he listened for the results on the radio”

resultant, end point

(noun) the final point in a process

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

resultant (not comparable)

following as a result or consequence of something

Noun

resultant (plural resultants)

anything that results from something else; an outcome

(mathematics) a vector that is the vector sum of multiple vectors

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Re*sult"ant, a. Etym: [L. resultans, p. pr. : cf. F. résultant.]

Definition: Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. Resultant force or motion (Mech.), a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces, under Composition.

Re*sult"ant, n.

Definition: That which results. Specifically: (a) (Mech.) A reultant force or motion. (b) (Math.) An eliminant. The resultant of homogeneous general functions of n variables is that function of their coefficients which, equaled to zero, expresses in the simplest terms the condition of the possibility of their existence. Sylvester.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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