01 n. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
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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.
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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.(Law)
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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.(Chem.) Also: moiety, group, radical
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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.(Theory of Numbers)