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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun resultant has 3 senses
- resultant(n = noun.state) end point - the final point in a process; Array is a kind of degree, level, point, stage
- resultant(n = noun.event) final result, outcome, result, termination - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" is a kind of conclusion, ending, finish
- resultant(n = noun.cognition) vector sum - a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors; Array is a kind of vector
Derived forms verb result1, adjective resultant1
has particulars: denouement, deal, decision, decision, aftermath, consequence, just deserts, poetic justice, separation, sequel, subsequence, worst
Derived forms verb result2, adjective resultant1
Derived form adjective resultant1
Adjective resultant has 1 sense
- resultant(s = adj.all) accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, sequent - following or accompanying 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" Derived forms verb result1, verb result2, noun resultant3, noun resultant2, noun resultant1
CIDE DICTIONARY
resultant, a. [L. resultans, p. pr. : cf. F. résultant.].
Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. [1913 Webster]
resultant, n.
That which results. [1913 Webster]
"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."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
resultant, adj. & n.
--adj. resulting, esp. as the total outcome of more or less opposed forces.
--n. Math. a force etc. equivalent to two or more acting in different directions at the same point.
--adj. resulting, esp. as the total outcome of more or less opposed forces.
--n. Math. a force etc. equivalent to two or more acting in different directions at the same point.
THESAURUS
resultant
accidental, accompanying, ado, afloat, afoot, by-product, circumstantial, consequence, consequent, consequential, corollary, current, derivation, derivational, derivative, development, distillate, doing, effect, ensuing, event, eventuality, eventuating, eventuation, final, following, fruit, going on, happening, harvest, in hand, in the wind, incidental, issue, legacy, logical outcome, occasional, occurring, offshoot, offspring, on, on foot, ongoing, outcome, outgrowth, passing, precipitate, prevailing, prevalent, product, result, resulting, sequacious, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, sequential, taking place, under way, upshotROGET THESAURUS
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Combination
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.Effect
N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.
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