residue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.

   By taking residues, we can represent this integral in terms of a Jackson integral.

2. 2
   noun

   something left after other parts have been taken away

3. 3
   noun

   matter that remains after something has been removed

4. 4
   noun

   That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.

5. 5
   noun

   The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.

6. 6
   noun

   A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.

7. 7
   noun

   Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“to remain behind”). Doublet of residuum.