Resultant force. A resultant force is the single force and associated torque obtained by combining a system of forces and torques acting on a rigid body. The defining feature of a resultant force, or resultant force-torque, is that it has the same effect on the rigid body as the original system of forces.
The definition of gawk is to gape or stare at something, often openly and in a way that makes you look silly. When you sit with your mouth open staring at a spectacle and looking silly, this is an example of a time when you gawk at the spectacle. gawk. gawk. To stare or gape stupidly.
Example Sentences for gawk. 1  Billy the Gawk was not alone in thinking that he could outwit the Bishop. 2  Bridget may have been a gawk, but she did two things which were not gawkish. 3  The State is a mirage which the citizen is made to gawk at in the air, thinking he sees something besides the frowning German sky.