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Remnant vs Residuum - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between remnant and residuum

is that remnant is the small portion remaining of a larger thing or group while residuum is the residue, remainder or rest of something.

As an adjective remnant

is remaining; still left.

remnant

English

Alternative forms

* remnaunt (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
  • The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
  • Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
  • An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
  • Synonyms

    * (Small remaining portion) relic, residue, remainder * (Unsold end of piece goods) remains * the'' rest ''of

    Derived terms

    * nova remnant * supernova remnant

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Remaining; still left.
  • * Fuller
  • Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
  • * Prior
  • And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.

    residuum

    English

    Noun

    (residua)
  • The residue, remainder or rest of something
  • (chemistry) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
  • (fuzzy logic) A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: x \rightarrow y = \sup \{ z , z * x \leqslant y\}, where * denotes the t-norm function and \sup denotes the supremum.
  • The residuum of the minimum t-norm is a function \rightarrow such that x \rightarrow y = \begin{cases} y, & \text{if } x > y \\ 1, & \text{if } x \leqslant y .\end{cases}
  • (legal) The residue of an estate
  • See also

    * (fuzzy logic) relative pseudo-complement ----