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Residue vs Remanent - What's the difference?

residue | remanent |

As a noun residue

is whatever remains after something else has been removed.

As an adjective remanent is

residual.

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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    remanent

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic influence is removed
    • remanent magnetism'', ''remanent induction'', ''remanent polarization
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit.

    Related terms

    * remain * remainder * remnant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

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