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Residue vs Tartronyl - What's the difference?

residue | tartronyl |

In chemistry terms the difference between residue and tartronyl

is that residue is the substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process while tartronyl is a hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.

As nouns the difference between residue and tartronyl

is that residue is whatever remains after something else has been removed while tartronyl is a hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.

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

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    tartronyl

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.
    • (Webster 1913)