Resultant

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {Resultant force} or {Resultant 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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resultant \Re*sult"ant\, n.
     That which results. Specifically:
     (a) (Mech.) A reultant force or motion.
     (b) (Math.) An eliminant.
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               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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eliminant \E*lim"i*nant\, n. (Math.)
     The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous
     equations of any degree; -- called also {resultant}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  resultant
       adj : following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and
             consequent need for military preparedness"; "the
             ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings
             were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the
             resulting flowers" [syn: {consequent}, {ensuant}, {resulting(a)},
              {sequent}]
       n 1: the final point in a process [syn: {end point}]
       2: something that results; "he listened for the results on the
          radio" [syn: {result}, {final result}, {outcome}, {termination}]
       3: a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors [syn:
          {vector sum}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, upshot