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Adjective: resultant  ri'zúl-tunt
  1. Occurring with or following as a consequence
    "the resultant savings were considerable";
    - attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, sequent, collateral
Noun: resultant  ri'zúl-tunt
  1. The final point in a process
    "The resultant of the experiment was unexpected";
    - end point
     
  2. Something that happens or is produced as the final consequence or product
    "Unemployment was the resultant of the economic downturn";
    - result, final result, outcome
     
  3. A vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
    "The resultant force was calculated as the vector sum of all applied forces";
    - vector sum

Derived forms: resultants

See also: subsequent

Type of: conclusion, degree, ending, finish, level, phase, phasis, point, stage, vector

Encyclopedia: Resultant