RESIDUE


Meaning of RESIDUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈre-zə-ˌdü, -ˌdyü ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin residuum, from neuter of residuus left over, from residēre to remain

Date: 14th century

: something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant , remainder : as

a. : the part of a testator's estate remaining after the satisfaction of all debts, charges, allowances, and previous devises and bequests

b. : the remainder after subtracting a multiple of a modulus from an integer or a power of the integer that can appear as the second of the two terms in an appropriate congruence

2 and 7 are residue s of 12 modulo 5

c. : a constituent structural unit (as a group or monomer) of a usually complex molecule

amino acid residue s from hydrolysis of protein

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