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.
The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon,
the term residue being applied to the others.
4. (Theory of Numbers) 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.
Syn. -- Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings;
relics.
Re*sid"u*ous (r?-z?d"?-?s), a. [L. residuus.] Remaining; residual.
Landor.
Re*sid"u*um (-?m), n. [L. See Residue.] That which is left after any
process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain
specified deductions are made; residue.
"I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the
prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue.