resultant

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈzʌltənt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Happening as a direct result of something else.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A vector that is the vector sum of multiple vectors.

Examples

  • The heavy rains and resultant flooding caused severe damage.

  • The resultant force was measured by the students in the lab.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings
  1. Anything that results from something else; an outcome.

  2. Following as a result or consequence of something; resulting.

More examples

In context
  • They are studying the various and resultant effects of the plan.

  • 2022, Charles Howard Hinton, The Fourth Dimension And our logic is simply spatiality in the general sense — that resultant of a selection of the permanent from the unpermanent, the ordered from the unordered, by the means of the group and its underlying duali...

  • 2022, Charles Howard Hinton, The Fourth Dimension And our logic is simply spatiality in the general sense — that resultant of a selection of the permanent from the unpermanent, the ordered from the unordered, by the means of the group and its underlying duality.

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Question 1 · Quick check

The heavy rain caused flooding, and the blank damage left many homes destroyed.

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Origin

adjective

From Latin resultāns, present participle of resultō.