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