Found 3 items, similar to Residue.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: residue
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: residue
residue
n 1: matter that remains after something has been removed
2: 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” [syn:
remainder,
balance,
residual,
residuum,
rest]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Residue
Residue
\Res"i*due\ (r?z"?-d?), n. [F. r['e]sidu, 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.
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The residue of them will I deliver to the sword.
--Jer. xv. 9.
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If church power had then prevailed over its victims,
not a residue of English liberty would have been
saved. --I. Taylor.
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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.
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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.
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Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups
containing carbon, the term residue and
moiety being
applied to the others.
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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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Syn: Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains;
leavings; relics.
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