Synonyms of the word residue


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residue

  • n. Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
  • n. (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
  • n. (biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are…
  • n. (law) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and…
  • n. (mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function…

balance

  • n. (uncountable) a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
  • n. (uncountable) mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
  • n. something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium (literally or figuratively); counterweight.
  • n. a pair of scales.
  • n. (uncountable) awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
  • n. (uncountable) the overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately…
  • n. (uncountable) apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
  • n. (accounting) a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
  • n. (accounting) the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
  • n. (watchmaking) a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
  • n. (law) the remainder.
  • n. (obsolete, astrology) Libra.
  • v. (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To make (concepts) agree.
  • v. (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from…
  • v. (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
  • v. (transitive, dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
  • v. (nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
  • v. (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
  • v. (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
  • v. (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.

component

  • n. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part…
  • adj. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
  • adj. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

matter

  • n. Substance, material.
  • n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
  • n. An approximate amount or extent.
  • n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
  • n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
  • n. (dated) Pus.
  • v. (intransitive) To be important.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
  • v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

part

  • n. A portion; a component.
  • n. Duty; responsibility.
  • n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  • n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  • n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective…
  • v. (intransitive) To leave.
  • v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
  • v. (transitive) To divide in two.
  • v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
  • v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
  • v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  • v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  • v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
  • v. To leave; to quit.
  • v. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
  • adj. Fractional; partial.
  • adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.

portion

  • n. An allocated amount.
  • n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • n. One's fate; lot.
  • n. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
  • n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
  • v. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
  • v. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

remainder

  • n. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.
  • n. (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend…
  • n. (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction.
  • n. (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
  • n. (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the…
  • adj. remaining.
  • v. (commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

residual

  • adj. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
  • n. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
  • n. (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
  • n. (statistics) the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest.

residuum

  • n. The residue, remainder or rest of something.
  • n. (chemistry) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated;…
  • n. (law) The residue of an estate.

rest

  • n. (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  • n. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  • n. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  • n. (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state…
  • n. (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
  • n. (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  • n. (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  • n. (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
  • n. (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the…
  • n. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
  • n. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
  • n. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
  • n. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
  • n. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals…
  • n. (dated) A set or game at tennis.
  • v. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without…
  • v. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
  • v. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
  • v. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding,…
  • v. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
  • v. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
  • v. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  • v. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
  • v. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
  • n. (uncountable) That which remains.
  • n. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
  • n. (Britain, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the…
  • v. (obsolete) To remain.
  • v. (obsolete) To arrest.

substance

  • n. Physical matter; material.
  • n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
  • n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
  • n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
  • n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
  • n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
  • n. (theology) Hypostasis.

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