Category:Residue

Res"i*due (rz"-d), n. Etym: [f. résidu, l. residuum, fr. residuus That is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum.]

1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or Designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will i deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.

2. (law)

Defn: that part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in His will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which Remains after payment of debts and legacies.

3. (chem.)

Defn: that which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion Of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of A molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more General sense.

Note: the term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing Carbon, the term residue being applied to the others.

4. (theory of numbers)

Defn: any positive or negative number that differs from a given Number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, And 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are Residues.

Syn. -- rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; Relics.