resultant
[ri-zuhl-tnt]
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- 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.
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Origin of resultant
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Contemporary Examples
Muehl was of course the authority figure, with all resultant perks.
The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto MuehlAnthony Haden-Guest
September 22, 2014
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.
Historical Examples
All progress, large or small, is the resultant of many forces.
The Call of the Twentieth CenturyDavid Starr Jordan
Observations can show us only the resultant of these two motions.
Sir William Herschel: His Life and WorksEdward Singleton Holden
It is for reasoning to separate this resultant into its two components.
Sir William Herschel: His Life and WorksEdward Singleton Holden
During the resultant silence, Anna distinctly heard her own heart beating.
RopeHolworthy Hall
And we'll take the resultant Kedy and make nine duplicates of him.
Masters of SpaceEdward Elmer Smith
resultant
- that results; resulting
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- maths physics a single vector that is the vector sum of two or more other vectors
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Word Origin and History for resultant
n.
early 15c., from French résultant and directly from Medieval Latin resultantem (nominative resultans), present participle of resultare (see result (v.)).
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adj.
1630s, from resultant (adj.) and from Medieval Latin resultantem (nominative resultans), present participle of resultare (see result (v.)).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
resultant
[rĭ-zŭl′tənt]
- A single vector that is the equivalent of a set of vectors.
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