Definition:
- (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
Compare residue with other words:
reside vs. residue
residue vs. rest
leftover vs. residue
paracyanogen vs. residue
octoyl vs. residue
residue vs. tartronyl
melam vs. residue
methenyl vs. residue
lactyl vs. residue
precipitate vs. residue
debris vs. residue
residue vs. retract
residue vs. sediment
residue vs. waste
filtrate vs. residue
distillate vs. residue
greaves vs. residue
blacks vs. residue
colophony vs. residue
residue vs. vestige
relic vs. residue
alanine vs. residue
petrification vs. residue
residue vs. toothpick
residue vs. residuum
residuary vs. residue
residue vs. testator
bequeathed vs. residue
estate vs. residue
effect vs. residue
property vs. residue
distillation vs. residue
filtration vs. residue
evaporation vs. residue
residue vs. substance
removed vs. residue
remain vs. residue
glaucous vs. residue
residual vs. residue
residue vs. washing
remnant vs. residue
residue vs. slag
humus vs. residue
dregs vs. residue
congruence vs. residue
remainder vs. residue
coke vs. residue
ash vs. residue