Word Meaning

residue definition and meaning

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; -- 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; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.

Crossword clues for residue

- Dregs
- Dregs that live around you
- Leftover
- Leftover matter
- Leftover piece
- Leftovers
- Remainder
- Remaining matter
- Remains
- Remains left after the main part has gone
- Something left over
- That remaining
- The remainder live around you