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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESULT'ANT, n. In mechanics, a force which is the combined effect of two or more forces, acting in different directions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent] n
1: the final point in a process [syn: resultant, end point]
2: something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination]
3: a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors [syn: vector sum, resultant]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1639 derived from or resulting from something else • resultantly adverb II. noun Date: 1815 something that results ; outcome; specifically the single vector that is the sum of a given set of vectors

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Resultant Re*sult"ant, a. [L. resultans, p. pr. : cf. F. r['e]sultant.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Resultant Re*sult"ant, n. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eliminant E*lim"i*nant, n. (Math.) The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Resultant means caused by the event just mentioned. (FORMAL) At least a quarter of a million people have died in the fighting and the resultant famines. = consequent, ensuing ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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, upshot