Residue

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