Uk English Meaning of residue

residue

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Definitions and Meaning of residue in English

Wordnet

residue (n)

matter that remains after something has been removed

something left after other parts have been taken away

Webster

residue (n.)

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

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.

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.

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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residue

matter that remains after something has been removed, something left after other parts have been taken awayThat which remains after a part is taken, separated,

debris,remains,remnant,rubble,ruins,wreckage,ashes,detritus,flotsam,wreck

body,mass,most,weight,bulk,main

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