Residue vs Remainder - What's the difference?
residue | remainder | Synonyms |
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.
A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.
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(mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If (n) (dividend) and d'' (divisor) are integers, then (n) can always be expressed in the form ''n = dq + r'', where ''q'' (quotient) and ''r'' (remainder ) are also integers and 0 ≤ ''r'' < ''d .
(mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction
(commerce) Excessive stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
(legal) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
remaining
(commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
Remainder is a synonym of residue.
In lang=en terms the difference between residue and remainder
is that residue is 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 while remainder is an estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined.In mathematics terms the difference between residue and remainder
is that residue is a form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities while remainder is the number left over after a simple subtraction.As nouns the difference between residue and remainder
is that residue is whatever remains after something else has been removed while remainder is a part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.As an adjective remainder is
remaining.As a verb remainder is
to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.residue
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* nonresidue * quadratic residue * residual * residuaryAnagrams
* ----remainder
English
(wikipedia remainder)Alternative forms
* R (mathematics)Noun
(en noun)- ''My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder .
- ''You can have the remainder of my clothes.
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- ''17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.
- ''11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.
- ''10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6
- ''I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder .
Synonyms
* (a part or parts remaining) remnant, residue, rest * surplusDerived terms
* remainderman * contingent remainderSee also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * modulusSee also
* remaindermanAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* leftoverVerb
(en verb)- ''The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.