resultant

resultant
    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}]
    

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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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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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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      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