residue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: residue	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for residue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
residue n matter that remains after something has been removed something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Synonym(s): remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Residue \Res"idue\ (r?z"?-d?), n. [F. r[82]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.