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| residue | |
| 1. n. Whatever remains after something else has been removed. |  |
| 2. n. (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process. | |
| 3. n. (biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain. | |
| 4. n. (legal) 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. | |
| 5. n. (mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities. | |
