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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. matter that remains after something has been removed;

2. something left after other parts have been taken away;
- Example: "there was no remainder"
- Example: "he threw away the rest"
- Example: "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
[syn: remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Residue \Res"i*due\ (r?z"?-d?), n. [F. r['e]sidu, 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.
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            The residue of them will I deliver to the sword.
                                                  --Jer. xv. 9.
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            If church power had then prevailed over its victims,
            not a residue of English liberty would have been
            saved.                                --I. Taylor.
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   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.
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   3. (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 or
      group; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in
      a more general sense.
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   Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups
         containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being
         applied to the others.
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   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.
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   Syn: Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains;
        leavings; relics.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "residue":
   afterglow, afterimage, balance, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff,
   debris, detritus, dregs, end, excess, fag end, filings, fossil,
   heel, holdover, husks, leavings, leftover, leftovers,
   odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, rags, refuse, relics,
   remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residuum, rest, roach,
   rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scraps, shadow, shavings,
   straw, stubble, stump, surplus, survival, sweepings, trace,
   vestige, waste