Resultant Definition

rĭ-zŭltənt
adjective
That results; following as a consequence.
Webster's New World
Resulting from two or more forces or agents acting together.
Webster's New World
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noun
Something that results; result.
Webster's New World
A force, velocity, etc. with an effect equal to that of two or more such forces, etc. acting together.
Webster's New World
A single vector that is the equivalent of a set of vectors.
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Other Word Forms of Resultant

Noun

Singular:
resultant
Plural:
resultants

Origin of Resultant

  • Latin resultans, present participle.

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Resultant Sentence Examples

  • There is no difficulty in expressing the resultant by the method of symmetric functions.

  • Bezout's method gives the resultant in the form of a determinant of order m or n, according as m is n.

  • Hence this product is the required resultant of the three equations.

  • The general theory of the resultant of k homogeneous equations in k variables presents no further difficulties when viewed in this manner.

  • It is the resultant of k polynomials each of degree m-I, and thus contains the coefficients of each form to the degree (m-I)'-1; hence the total degrees in the coefficients of the k forms is, by addition, k (m - 1) k - 1; it may further be shown that the weight of each term of the resultant is constant and equal to m(m-I) - (Salmon, l.c. p. loo).

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Words Starting With

RRERES

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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resultant

Words Starting With R and Ending With T

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With R9 Letter Words Ending With T