resultant
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4.9
- adjective
- /rɪˈzʌltənt/
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resultante
- After the storm, the resultant flooding caused significant damage to homes and roads.
- resultant shear
- resultant stress
- resultant increase
I am very proud of my university, Yale, for the depth of its understanding of dyslexia and its resultant actions.
- I am very proud of my university, Yale, for the depth of its understanding of dyslexia and its resultant actions.
- Out of this distinguishing comes the identity of knowledge and what is is being known, and the resultant identity is truth.
Examples
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The appearance of the resultant material is similar to organic soil.
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However, the meteorology and resultant attitudes elsewhere in Europe are different.
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The reasons are different, but the resultant ups and downs of the market are the same.
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Determining the appropriate methodology to follow in the analysis of the resultant data sets poses yet another challenge.
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The zoos use the resultant income to support their extensive scientific and conservation programs.
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Thus, the resultant socket shape can vary across all three reference shapes along its length.
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Each local minimum was noted in the resultant signal, and the time points were recorded and exported to a spreadsheet.
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But the resultant dithered image contains a significant amount of grainy noise.
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The earthquake and resultant tsunami collapsed facilities and damaged infrastructure in a huge swath of northeast Japan.
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Fortunately, our capital outlay has been handsomely offset by the resultant sales of armaments and missiles.
Synonyms
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3.4
Happening at the same time as something else or as a result of it
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6.1
Happening as a result of something else
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6.2
Happening as a result of a particular event or situation
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8.4
Happening at the same time as something else, often as a result
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8.9
Happening one after another in order
Happening after something as a result
Compounds
How Consequent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resultant comes from the verb result, which comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and sult- 'to jump'. The image is of something 'coming out' after an action, so a resultant effect is what happens because of something else.