4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resultant  \Re*sult"ant\,  a.  [L.  resultans,  p.  pr  :  cf  F. 
  r['e]sultant.] 
  Resulting  or  issuing  from  a  combination;  existing  or 
  following  as  a  result  or  consequence. 
 
  {Resultant  force}  or  {motion}  (Mech.),  a  force  which  is  the 
  result  of  two  or  more  forces  acting  conjointly,  or  a 
  motion  which  is  the  result  of  two  or  more  motions 
  combined.  See  {Composition  of  forces},  under 
  {Composition}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resultant  \Re*sult"ant\,  n. 
  That  which  results.  Specifically: 
  a  (Mech.)  A  reultant  force  or  motion. 
  b  (Math.)  An  eliminant. 
 
  The  resultant  of  homogeneous  general  functions  of  n 
  variables  is  that  function  of  their  coefficients 
  which  equaled  to  zero,  expresses  in  the  simplest 
  terms  the  condition  of  the  possibility  of  their 
  existence.  --Sylvester. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Eliminant  \E*lim"i*nant\,  n.  (Math.) 
  The  result  of  eliminating  n  variables  between  n  homogeneous 
  equations  of  any  degree;  --  called  also  {resultant}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  resultant 
  adj  :  following  as  an  effect  or  result;  "the  period  of  tension  and 
  consequent  need  for  military  preparedness";  "the 
  ensuant  response  to  his  appeal";  "the  resultant  savings 
  were  considerable";  "the  health  of  the  plants  and  the 
  resulting  flowers"  [syn:  {consequent},  {ensuant},  {resulting(a)}, 
  {sequent}] 
  n  1:  the  final  point  in  a  process  [syn:  {end  point}] 
  2:  a  vector  that  is  the  sum  of  two  or  more  other  vectors  [syn: 
  {vector  sum}] 

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