Definition of residues Residues

/ɹɛˈzʌduˌz/ - [rezuduz] -

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What does residues mean?

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Noun Plural: residues
residue - matter that remains after something has been removed
		matter that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
		greaves, crackling the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
		ash any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
		cotton cake, cottonseed cake the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds
residue - 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"
		remainder, balance, residual, residuum, rest
		component part, component, constituent, portion, part an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"

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residue (Noun)
Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
residue (Noun)
The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
residue (Noun)
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.
residue (Noun)
A form of complex number .

residue (n.)
That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
residue (n.)
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.
residue (n.)
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.
residue (n.)
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.