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Webster 1913 Edition


Residue

Res′i-due

(r?z′?-d?)
,
Noun.
[F.
résidu
, L.
residuum
, fr.
residuus
that is left behind, remaining, fr.
residere
to remain behind. See
Reside
, and cf.
Residuum
.]
1.
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.
2.
(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.
☞ The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue and
moiety
being applied to the others.
4.
(Theory of Numbers)
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
.
Syn. – Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.

Webster 1828 Edition


Residue

RES'IDUE

,
Noun.
[L. residuus.]
1.
That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed or designated.
The locusts shall eat the residue of that which has escaped. Ex. 10.
The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. 15.
2.
The balance or remainder of a debt or account.

Definition 2024


residue

residue

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Noun

residue (plural residues)

  1. Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
  2. (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
  3. (biochemistry) An amino acid forming part of a polypeptide chain.
  4. (law) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
  5. (mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.

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residue f pl

  1. feminine plural of residuo

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Latin

Adjective

residue

  1. vocative masculine singular of residuus