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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the final point in a process;
[syn: resultant, end point]

2. something that results;
- Example: "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]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. following or accompanying as a consequence;
- Example: "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"
- Example: "snags incidental to the changeover in management"
- Example: "attendant circumstances"
- Example: "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"
- Example: "the ensuant response to his appeal"
- Example: "the resultant savings were considerable"
[syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Resultant \Re*sult"ant\, n.
   That which results. Specifically:
   (a) (Mech.) A reultant force or motion.
   (b) (Math.) An eliminant.
       [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.                           --Sylvester.
       [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eliminant \E*lim"i*nant\, n. (Math.)
   The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous
   equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]