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Webster 1913 Edition
Residue
Res′i-due
(r?z′?-d?)
, Noun.
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.
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.