RESULTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resultant mean? 

• RESULTANT (noun)
  The noun RESULTANT has 3 senses:

1. the final point in a process

2. something that results

3. a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors

  Familiarity information: RESULTANT used as a noun is uncommon.

• RESULTANT (adjective)
  The adjective RESULTANT has 1 sense:

1. occurring with or following as a consequence

  Familiarity information: RESULTANT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESULTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The final point in a process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

end point; resultant

Hypernyms ("resultant" is a kind of...):

degree; level; point; stage (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process)

Derivation:

result (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end)

resultant (occurring with or following as a consequence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that results

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination

Context example:

he listened for the results on the radio

Hypernyms ("resultant" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resultant"):

denouement (the outcome of a complex sequence of events)

deal (the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement))

decision (the outcome of a game or contest)

decision ((boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred)

aftermath; consequence (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)

separation (the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal))

sequel; subsequence (something that follows something else)

worst (the least favorable outcome)

Derivation:

result (produce as a result or residue)

resultant (occurring with or following as a consequence)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

resultant; vector sum

Hypernyms ("resultant" is a kind of...):

vector (a variable quantity that can be resolved into components)

Derivation:

resultant (occurring with or following as a consequence)

• RESULTANT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring with or following as a consequence

Synonyms:

accompanying; attendant; collateral; concomitant; consequent; ensuant; incidental; resultant; sequent

Context example:

collateral target damage from a bombing run

Similar:

subsequent (following in time or order)

Derivation:

result (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end)

result (produce as a result or residue)

resultant (a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors)

resultant (something that results)

resultant (the final point in a process)

 Context examples 

The resultant antibody binds to the pancarcinoma tumor-associated glycoprotein (TAG)-72 with high affinity.

(HuCC49deltaCH2-PA-DOTA, NCI Thesaurus)

The term may also refer to the resultant scar from the surgical procedure.

(Incision Site, NCI Thesaurus)

The resultant hydroquinone selectively alkylates and cross-links DNA at the 5'-GNC-3' sequence, inihibiting DNA replication, inducing apoptosis, and inhibiting tumor cell proliferation.

(Aziridinylbenzoquinone RH1, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, desogestrel binds intracellular progesterone receptors in progesterone responsive tissue and the resultant complex interacts with DNA causing either gene transcription or gene repression.

(Desogestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

These resultant atoms are made in small amounts, are generally unstable, and decompose into smaller components in periods of time less than a second.

(IUPAC proposes four new chemical element names, Wikinews)

The resultant symmetry is quantified based upon the on the material properties of the construct.

(Nanotube Chirality, NCI Thesaurus)

Norethindrone binds to the progesterone intracellular receptors in the reproductive system and the resultant activated complex interacts with specific DNA sites.

(Norethindrone, NCI Thesaurus)

The resultant phosphoinositides act as selective membrane docking sites for signal transduction proteins with diverse PH domains.

(Phosphoinositol Kinase Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical course of the resultant hematoma usually follows a pattern of resolution within days.

(Achenbach Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Ataxia telangiectasia is a disease that is resultant from mutations in the ATM gene, which is a cell cycle checkpoint gene.

(Genomic Instability, NCI Thesaurus)