Uk English Meaning of residue
residue
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Definitions and Meaning of residue in English
residue (n)
matter that remains after something has been removed
something left after other parts have been taken away
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
residuary => Residuary, residual soil => Residual soil, residual oil => Residual oil, residual clay => Residual clay, residual => residual,
