Residue



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 剩余
• ［英］ n. 剩余 ( remainder, what is left behind)
• ［类］ remainder : subtraction / residue : evaporation ( 减去留下剩余物 / 蒸发留下残余物)
• ［例］ The chemist filtered the liquid and examined the residue.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin residuum, from neuter of residuus left over, from residēre to remain
• Date: 14th century
• something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process ; remnant, remainder: as
  • a. the part of a testator's estate remaining after the satisfaction of all debts, charges, allowances, and previous devises and bequests
  • b. 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 <2 and 7 are residues of 12 modulo 5>
  • c. a constituent structural unit (as a group or monomer) of a usually complex molecule <amino acid residues from hydrolysis of protein>

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