Adjective: resultant ri'zúl-tunt
- Occurring with or following as a consequence
"the resultant savings were considerable";
- attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, sequent, collateral
- The final point in a process
"The resultant of the experiment was unexpected";
- end point
- Something that happens or is produced as the final consequence or product
"Unemployment was the resultant of the economic downturn";
- result, final result, outcome
- 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