| Residue (residue) |
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| n. | (r?z"?-d?) |
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| Res"i*due |
| [F.
résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is
left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See
Reside, and cf. Residuum.] |
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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