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Resultant Definition & Meaning

resultant
adjective
  1. following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
noun
  1. the final point in a process
  2. something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
  3. a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors

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What does resultant mean?
following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" the final point in a process something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
What part of speech is resultant?
Resultant is an adjective and a noun.
How many definitions does resultant have?
Resultant has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).

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