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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
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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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