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# resultant

«resultant» in Mova's school dictionary: **Happening as a result of something: the storm and the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (resultant); noun (a resultant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Happening as a result of something: the storm and the resultant floods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#m1)

2) (science/maths) The single force that has the same effect as several forces together: the resultant force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal and exam voice: «The resultant damage was huge». In science (forces), if 10 N pushes right and 4 N pushes left, the resultant force is 6 N to the right — subtract opposite forces, add forces in the same direction. Phrases: «resultant force», «the resultant damage», «resultant changes».

### examples

- The heavy rain and the resultant floods closed the roads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#x1)
- Two forces of 5 N push the same way: the resultant force is 10 N. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#x2)
- 8 N right and 3 N left give a resultant of 5 N right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#x3)
- The resultant noise woke the whole street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#x4)
- If the resultant force is zero, the object stays still or keeps moving steadily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#x5)
- The fire and resultant smoke filled the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/#x6)

### note

Formal. From «result». Rule: forces in the same direction add; opposite directions subtract; the resultant points the way of the bigger force.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «resultant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resultant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.