Remnant vs Residuum - What's the difference?
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The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
(archaic) Remaining; still left.
* Fuller
* Prior
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: , where denotes the t-norm function and denotes the supremum.
(legal) The residue of an estate
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
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Alternative forms
* remnaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
Synonyms
* (Small remaining portion) relic, residue, remainder * (Unsold end of piece goods) remains * the'' rest ''ofDerived terms
* nova remnant * supernova remnantAdjective
(-)- Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
- And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.
External links
* * *residuum
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Noun
(residua)- The residuum of the minimum t-norm is a function such that