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Residue vs Locant - What's the difference?

residue | locant |

As nouns the difference between residue and locant

is that residue is whatever remains after something else has been removed while locant is (organic chemistry) that part of the name of a compound (often a letter or number) that describes the position of an atom, residue or functional group eg the 2'' in ''hexan-2-one .

residue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
  • (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
  • (legal) 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.
  • (mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.

    • Derived terms

    * nonresidue * quadratic residue * residual * residuary

    Related terms

    * residuum

    Anagrams

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    locant

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia locant) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) That part of the name of a compound (often a letter or number) that describes the position of an atom, residue or functional group e.g. the 2'' in ''hexan-2-one

    • Anagrams

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