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Definition of Residue
Res´i`due Pronunciation: r?z´?-d? | n. | 1. | That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. | | 2. | (Law) 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.) 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; a moiety or group; - used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense. | | 4. | (Theory of Numbers) 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. |
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afterglow, afterimage, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, end, excess, fag end, filings, fossil, heel, holdover, husks, leavings, leftover, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, rags, refuse, relics, remains, remnant, residual, residuum, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scraps, shadow, shavings, straw, stubble, stump, surplus, survival, sweepings, trace, vestige, waste
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