Resultant
[rɪ'zʌlt(ə)nt] or [rɪ'zʌltənt]
Definition
(a.) Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.
(n.) That which results.
(n.) A reultant force or motion.
(n.) An eliminant.
Editor: Maggie
Examples
- The resultant compound i n turn dissolved water; hence the phenomena of evaporation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We have told, too, how, when the plutocratic Roman system and its resultant imperialism had come and gone again, this process of inquiry was renewed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This latter deserves special mention, not only because of its arrangement for thorough lubrication, but also on account of the resultant economy affecting the cost of manufacture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The clamping-in is done at great pressure, and the resultant plate has great rigidity and strength. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are, therefore, retrospective and resultant, instead of being prospective or prophetic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He discovered that potash and soda can be decomposed, with the resultant metals of potassium and sodium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He, or she, is then supposed to have assented to the resultant government. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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