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    [Noun]  | "res*i*due" | \ ˈre-zə-ˌdü \


    1: something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant, remainder : such as

    2: the part of a testator's estate remaining after the satisfaction of all debts, charges, allowances, and previous devises and bequests

    3: the remainder after subtracting a multiple of a modulus from an integer or a power of the integer that can appear as the second of the two terms in an appropriate congruence


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin residuum, from neuter of residuus left over, from residēre to remain;

    [Noun]  | "residue class" 


    1: the set of elements (such as integers) that leave the same remainder when divided by a given modulus


    Origin: 1948 ;

    [Noun]  | "residue" 


    1: the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed;


      * e.g., " ... the detective noticed an ashy residue in the sink and deduced that a piece of paper had been burned there "



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    2: a remaining group or portion;


      * e.g., " ... the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls "



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