Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The remainder of something after removal of parts or a part.
- noun Matter remaining after completion of an abstractive chemical or physical process, such as evaporation, combustion, distillation, or filtration; residuum.
- noun The part of a monomer or other chemical unit that has been incorporated into a polymer or large molecule.
- noun Law The remainder of a testator's estate after all specific bequests and applicable debts and expenses have been disposed of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or dealt with in some other way; what is left over; remainder; the rest.
- noun In law:
- noun The residuum of a testator's estate after payment of debts and legacies.
- noun That which remains of a testator's estate after payment of debts and particular legacies, and is undisposed of except it may be by a general clause or residuary legacy.
- noun In the theory of numbers, the remainder after division, especially after division by a fixed modulus; in the integral calculus, the integral of a monodromic function taken round a pole or poles: same as
residual , 2. - noun Synonyms Rest, etc. See
remainder .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
- noun (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.
- noun (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 orgroup ; -- used as nearly equivalent toradical , but in a more general sense. - noun (Theory of Numbers) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Whatever
remains after something else has beenremoved . - noun chemistry The
substance that remains afterevaporation ,distillation ,filtration or any similar process. - noun Whatever
property oreffects are left in anestate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specificallybequeathed by thetestator . - noun mathematics A form of
complex number .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something left after other parts have been taken away
- noun matter that remains after something has been removed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The presence of plastic residue is nothing more than an indication of possible doping.
Alberto Contador won’t attend Tour de France presentation 2010
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This is a peculiar approach to the work of fiction writers, as if the writer's brain residue has somehow been left on his words.
October 2009 2009
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Nearby, children fly kites in a field blanketed with ashen dust - residue from the floods.
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CNN: FDA says residue is frog or toad; how did it get in Pepsi can?
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The Las Vegas Sun says it cost $80,000 to clear a no-smoking zone, replacing the carpet and wallpaper, even cleaning smoke residue from the slot machines.
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If you let water stand and dry naturally, the floors will be dull, because there will be a slight residue from the water -- this is why the last polishing step is important.
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If you let water stand and dry naturally, the floors will be dull, because there will be a slight residue from the water -- this is why the last polishing step is important.
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If you let water stand and dry naturally, the floors will be dull, because there will be a slight residue from the water -- this is why the last polishing step is important.
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If you let water stand and dry naturally, the floors will be dull, because there will be a slight residue from the water -- this is why the last polishing step is important.
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The Las Vegas Sun says it cost $80,000 to clear a no-smoking zone, replacing the carpet and wallpaper, even cleaning smoke residue from the slot machines.
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