residue
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Noun
- That which [[persist]]s or [[remain]]s [[following]] the [[removal]] or [[elimination]] of other [[element]]s.
- {{lb|en|chemistry}} The [[substance]] that remains after [[evaporation]], [[distillation]], [[filtration]] or any similar process.
- {{lb|en|biochemistry}} A [[molecule]] that is released from a [[polymer]] after [[bond]]s between neighbouring [[monomer]]s are broken, such as an [[amino acid]] in a [[polypeptide]] chain.
- {{lb|en|legal}} Whatever [[property]] or [[effect]]s are left in an [[estate]] after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically [[bequeathed]] by the [[testator]].
- {{lb|en|modular arithmetic}} A representative element of an equivalence class modulo some base, conventionally in the half-open interval from zero to the base; the nonnegative remainder after dividing a number by a base.
- {{lb|en|complex analysis}} A form of [[complex number]], [[proportional]] to the [[contour integral]] of a [[meromorphic]] [[function]] along a [[path]] enclosing one of its [[singularity|singularities]].
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