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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Residue \Res"i*due\ (r?z"?-d?), n. [F. r['e]sidu, L. residuum,
fr residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr residere to
remain behind. See {Reside}, and cf {Residuum}.]
1. That which remains after a part is taken separated,
removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
The residue of them will I deliver to the sword.
--Jer. xv 9.
If church power had then prevailed over its victims,
not a residue of English liberty would have been
saved. --I. Taylor.
2. (Law) 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.
3. (Chem.) 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
residue
n 1: matter that remains after something has been removed
2: something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest" [syn: {remainder},
{residual}, {residuum}, {rest}]
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