Residue

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Residue Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

matter that remains after something has been removed
something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: remainder, balance, residual, residuum, rest]

Residue Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. --Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. --I. Taylor.
(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.
(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; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

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Residue: Residue may refer to: Residue (chemistry), material remaining after a distillation or an evaporation, or portion of a larger molecule ...
Residue (chemistry): In chemistry , residue refers to the material remaining after a distillation or an evaporation, or to a portion of a larger molecule, such ...
Residue (complex analysis): In mathematics , more specifically complex analysis , the residue is a complex number proportional to the contour integral of a ...
Residue theorem: The residue theorem, sometimes called Cauchy's Residue Theorem, in complex analysis is a powerful tool to evaluate line integral s of ...
Crop residue: There are two types of agricultural crop residues: Field residues are materials left in an agricultural field or orchard after the crop ...
Quadratic residue: In number theory , an integer q is called a quadratic residue modulo n if it is congruent to a perfect square (mod n); i.e., ...
Residue field: In mathematics , the residue field is a basic construction in commutative algebra . then the residue field is the quotient ring k R/m, ...

Remainder	Balance	Residual	Residuum	Rest
Component	Matter	Part	Portion	Substance

* Luck is the residue of design. - Branch Rickey

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