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   resultant

   /rɪˈzʌlt(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. occurring or produced as a result of something: "restructuring and the resultant cost savings"

   noun

   • 1. a force, velocity, or other vector quantity which is equivalent to the combined effect of two or more component vectors acting at the same point: technical "the resultant of mechanical forces pulling in different directions"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the adjectival sense): from Latin resultant- ‘springing back’, from the verb resultare (see result). The noun sense dates from the early 19th century.

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