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resultant

[ ri-zuhl-tnt ]

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adjective

Mathematics, Physics. vector sum.
Mathematics. a determinant the entries of which are the coefficients of each of two polynomials in a specified arrangement and the value of which determines whether the polynomials have a common factor.
something that results.

resultant

/ rɪˈzʌltənt /

maths physics a single vector that is the vector sum of two or more other vectors

resultant

/ rĭ-zŭl′tənt /

1400–50; late Middle English: sum, noun use of Latin resultant- (stem of resultāns ), present participle of resultāre. See result, -ant

Muehl was of course the authority figure, with all resultant perks.

Further, the contagion effect of suicide and the resultant attention to it is a well-documented phenomenon.

The resultant pop culture is as morbid and contagious as the epidemics they depict.

Could modern human DNA contamination affect the resultant radiocarbon date?

The resultant interview is the longest he has ever granted to any publication.

When the resultant pressure is not vertical on the piers these must be constructed to meet the inclined pressure.

It would give us time to watch Doria and see what direction the resultant of the forces now tearing her soul would take.

The resultant national policy is the most selfish, but the most formidable in the world of nations.

The movements so far described, and the resultant fighting, may be styled the first stage of the battle.

We must prove that the resultant accounts for all the forces in operation at the time.

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