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Meaning of 'residue' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

Meaning of 'residue' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . residue [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something left after other parts have been taken away
Example in sentence:
  • he threw away the rest;
  • he took what he wanted and I got the balance;
  • there was no remainder

Nearby Words:

res resail resale resalgar resalute resaw rescat rescind rescindable rescinded

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