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n. The remainder of something after removal of parts or a part.

n. Matter remaining after completion of an abstractive chemical or physical process, such as evaporation, combustion, distillation, or filtration; residuum.

n. Law The remainder of a testator's estate after all claims, debts, and bequests are satisfied. Also called residuum.

n. Whatever remains after something else has been removed.

n. The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.

n. 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.

n. A form of complex number.

n. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

n. 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.

n. 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; a moiety or group; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

n. Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus.

n. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or dealt with in some other way; what is left over; remainder; the rest.

n. In law:

n. The residuum of a testator's estate after payment of debts and legacies.

n. That which remains of a testator's estate after payment of debts and particular legacies, and is undisposed of except it may be by a general clause or residuary legacy.

n. In the theory of numbers, the remainder after division, especially after division by a fixed modulus; in the integral calculus, the integral of a monodromic function taken round a pole or poles: same as residual, 2.

n. Synonyms Rest, etc. See remainder.

n. something left after other parts have been taken away

n. matter that remains after something has been removed

"If you let water stand and dry naturally, the floors will be dull, because there will be a slight residue from the water -- this is why the last polishing step is important."

method of residues    trigonal residue    cubic residue    quadratic residue    biquadratic residue   

moiety    group    radical   

residuary    residual   

relics    leavings    balance    remainder    remains    remnant    residuum    rest   

particle    débris    substance    compound    fume    molecule    chemical    vapor    grease    mixture