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RESIDUE
remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
(noun) something left after other parts have been taken away; “there was no remainder”; “he threw away the rest”; “he took what he wanted and I got the balance”
residue
(noun) matter that remains after something has been removed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
residue (countable and uncountable, plural residues)
Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
(chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
(biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
(legal) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
(mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
Synonyms
• (whatever remains): lave, remnant; See also remainder
Anagrams
• diuerse, diurese, ureides
Source: Wiktionary
Res"i*due (rz"-d), n. Etym: [F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum.]
1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.
2. (Law)
Definition: That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.
3. (Chem.)
Definition: That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue being applied to the others.
4. (Theory of Numbers)
Definition: Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
Syn.
– Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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