单词 | resultant |
释义 | resultantn.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > summing or addition > result of resultantc1450 sum1570 tally1614 c1450 Art Nombryng in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 36 (MED) The resultant 17, To whom it shalle be addede 10, The nombre to be addede 7. 2. The product or outcome of something. Frequently with of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results issuea1325 outcominga1382 conclusionc1384 endc1385 fruita1400 finec1405 termination?a1425 sumc1430 succession1514 sequel1524 game1530 success1537 event1539 pass1542 increase1560 outgate1568 exit1570 cropc1575 utmosta1586 upshoot1598 sequence1600 upshot1604 resultance1616 upshut1620 succedenta1633 apotelesm1636 come-off1640 conclude1643 prosult1647 offcome1666 resultant1692 outlet1710 period1713 outcome1788 outrun1801 outcome1808 upset1821 overcome1822 upping1828 summary1831 outgo1870 upcomec1874 out-turn1881 end-product1923 pay-off1926 wash-up1961 1692 C. Morton Spirit of Man 18 The Constitution of this Spirit or Genius, is an Aggregate or Resultant from the Connexion of divers things in Man. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. 8 See of how large a portion of the character truth is the resultant. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 12 Collective social action is the mere resultant of many individual actions. 1890 G. M. Humphry Old Age 30 Most of these habits..are the resultants of health, as well as the promoters of it. 1932 F. R. Leavis New Bearings in Eng. Poetry iii. 131 The poem is the resultant of diverse suggestions and orientations. 1968 M. Harris Rise Anthropol. Theory (1969) vi. 143 Evidence to show that the modern European family was the resultant of evolutionary modifications wrought on ancient kinship forms. 2004 N. Roymans Ethnic Identity & Imperial Power i. 2 We can define ethnic identity as the temporary resultant of a process of developing collective self-images, attitudes, and conduct. 3. Mathematics. a. The vector which is the sum of two or more given vectors; (Mechanics) the force that is equivalent to two or more forces acting at the same point. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > equivalent to forces from different directions resultant1806 1806 O. G. Gregory Treat. Mech. I. i. ii. 31 The resultant is situated in a plane perpendicular to the axis. 1839 H. P. Tappan Rev. Edwards's ‘Inq. into Freedom of Will’ iii. 265 We must determine the character of the individual as accurately as possible, in order to know the probable resultant of the opposite moral forces which we are likely to find. 1856 Orr's Circle Sci., Mech. Philos. 173 Determine the resultant of all the pressures of a fluid. 1896 E. J. Routh Treat. Analyt. Statics (ed. 2) I. i. 13 Since each acts independently of the others, the resultant is clearly the sum of the separate forces. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xi–xiii. 261 Our moral and practical attitude, at any given time, is always a resultant of two sets of forces within us. 1922 C. L. Dawes Course Electr. Engin. i. 12 The resultant of two vectors may be found by means of a triangle properly constructed. 1988 Jrnl. Navigation 41 341 The geomagnetic field can be usefully regarded as being the resultant of several components. 2001 A. J. MacDonald Struct. & Archit. (ed. 2) 128/2 The magnitude and direction of the resultant can be found graphically by vector addition. b. A function of the coefficients of a system of quantics or equations whose value determines whether they have factors or roots in common. Cf. eliminant n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [noun] > expression > function > invariant resultant1842 invariant1851 catalecticant1852 sextinvariant1852 reciprocant1886 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1049/1 The resultant of a system of quantics can often be expressed as a determinant. 1856 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 146 636 The function of the coefficients, which, equalled to zero, expresses the result of the elimination.., is said to be the Resultant of the system of quantics. The resultant is an invariant of the system of quantics. 1860 H. J. S. Smith in Rep. Brit. Assoc. (1861) 162 If R be the Resultant of ϕ1(χ) and ϕ2(χ), [etc.]. 1903 J. H. Grace & A. Yound Algebra of Invariants 191 In this case either the discriminant of one of the quantics or else the resultant of the two is zero. 4. Chemistry. A substance formed in a chemical reaction. Cf. product n.1 3. Contrasted with reactant n. ΚΠ 1845 N. Brit. Rev. Feb. 304 The resultant is carbonate of soda. 1882 U.S. Patent 260,749 1/2 It should..be provided with an escape-valve, to enable from time to time injurious gases or resultants formed from the chemicals to be discharged. 1916 H. J. H. Fenton Physical Chem. Schools v. 113 In the ordinary way of writing chemical equations the reaction is represented as going entirely one way..; the substances on the left-hand side, or reactants, being completely transformed into the resultants. 2005 T. Blythe & D. Bloor Electr. Prop. Polymers (ed. 2) viii. 253 Define an equilibrium constant K in terms of the concentrations of the reactants and resultants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). resultantadj.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > reflected reflexeda1425 repercussive1598 resultant1615 reflective1635 reflect1647 reflex1653 reflected1667 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 45 in Blacke Devill Seeing the resultant light of the starres shining in the water about him. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 4 'Tis a beam resultant from Gods Majestie, and reflects upon the people for their good. 2. a. That results; resulting, consequent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] corollaryc1449 consequent1509 resulting?a1560 sequent1575 pursuant1593 following1594 ensuing1604 eventual1607 attendant1617 emergentc1619 resultant1639 resultative1645 consecutive1647 reflexed1653 redundant1654 reflex1654 consequential1655 resultive1655 attending1682 propter hoc1889 ensuant1897 sequential1899 pursuivant1941 1639 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 112 Accepting alike the Faith resultant from the dark mists of the Ignorant, and from the clearest intelligence of the Learned. 1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems Postscr. By reason of the figure of the resultant corpuscles. 1748 P. Whitfield Diss. Hebrew Vowel-points iii. 60 What Harm will it be, if we take both the Punctations, and both the resultant Senses? 1779 Admin. Dissected 27 The misfortunes resultant of that day. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xvi. 370 The resultant salts, however, ought to be carbonate of soda and muriate of lime. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 275 The overthrow of the tenth part of the city, and the resultant terror and repentance. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley xxvii. 301 This scandal, the resultant legal battles, and the characters involved are a part of our somewhat turgid city history. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 226 The double thread is always woven as one and the resultant silk fabric is irregular and slub-like. 2002 K. Jamie Among Muslims v. 199 Clothing is in short supply and the resultant outfits are bizarre. b. Mathematics and Mechanics. Of a force or other vector: that is a resultant. Cf. resultant n. 3a. ΚΠ 1825 J. Farrar Elem. Treat. Mech. 45 The resultant force of all the actions of gravity..passed through a certain point G of its surface. 1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 63 A moving point whose resultant acceleration is in every position directed to a fixed point or centre. 1946 L. Toft & A. T. J. Kersey Theory of Machines (ed. 5) i. 8 A vector which is the sum of two or more vectors is sometimes called the resultant vector. 1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xxxii. 776 The diagonal of the parallelogram formed by the two vectors a and b, gives the magnitude and direction of the resultant force. 2002 D. M. Bourg Physics for Game Developers ii. 55 The resultant velocity..can be found by taking the vector sum of the velocity of the center of mass of the body and the tangential velocity. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > polarization > [noun] > axis without polarization resultant axis1818 1818 D. Brewster in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 8 281 I was engaged in examining the phenomena produced in the direction of the resultant axes of regular crystals. 1888 E. Atkinson tr. E. Mascart & J. Joubert Treat. Electr. & Magnetism II. ii. v. 487 In a homogeneous crystal, at a uniform temperature, experiment can only show one resultant axis. resultant note n. Music (now rare) = resultant tone n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > combination tone resultant note1836 resultant tone1836 summation tone1867 summation-tone (or summational tone)1867 combinational tone1879 combination tone1889 1836 Math. Probl. & Examples (Univ. Cambr.) xviii. 284 If the original notes make m and n vibrations in a given time, find the number of vibrations of the resultant note. 1876 tr. P. Blaserna Theory Sound v. 82 Those notes..to which the name of resultant notes or sometimes difference notes is usually given. 1902 Proc. Musical Assoc. 28th Sess. 44 You have heard regarding the hum-note that it is not a resultant note. resultant point n. Mechanics now rare the point at which the resultant of a set of forces is considered to act. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > point where forces come together resultant point1876 1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 203 That point where the whole force which it is intended to counteract may be supposed to be collected..is known in mechanics as the resultant point. 1916 G. C. Loening Mil. Aeroplanes (ed. 4) xii. 148 The resultant point at which a force equivalent to the total resistance would be applied. resultant tone n. Music a tone produced by the combined sounding of two other tones; cf. combination tone n. at combination n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > combination tone resultant note1836 resultant tone1836 summation tone1867 summation-tone (or summational tone)1867 combinational tone1879 combination tone1889 1836 B. Peirce Elem. Treat. Sound ii. iv. 117 If one note makes m vibrations and the other n, while another, of which they may be both regarded as harmonics, makes one, that one will be the resultant tone. 1867 J. Tyndall Sound vii. 285 Resultant tones are of two kinds... The former are called difference tones, the latter summation tones. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 438/2 If the player sounds a note on his instrument and hums another appropriate note there may be heard a further note or two notes (‘resultant tones’). 1993 Musical Times 134 322/2 The harmonics of all frequencies are included, creating a saturation of resultant tones which quickly deteriorates into noise. Derivatives reˈsultantly adv. as a result; consequently. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb] soothlyc825 welleOE then971 alsoOE thusc1175 followinglya1382 suinglya1382 hereuponc1385 effectuallya1398 thereforea1400 therewithc1450 pursuantly1530 consequently?1531 thereupon1534 hence?1535 accordingly1555 presently1580 by consequence1581 hereat1586 eventually1614 porismatically1646 consequentially1656 resultatively1657 pursuant1659 consecutivelya1691 in consequence1775 resultingly1840 propter hoc1844 resultantly1864 1864 D. D. Whedon Freedom of Will ii. 233 A will-be whose counter is by the nature of things efficiently and resultantly excluded in all possible cases, is a must-be. 1979 Yale Apr. cn26/2 We meant it, and resultantly have gone to outside sources for the low-down. 2005 Jrnl. Finance 60 1331 Resultantly, they become less eager to seek low probability, high return outcomes. 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