Definition of residue

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Residue (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder..

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Chromophore :: Chromophore (n.) Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.
Vinyl :: Vinyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous..
Saline :: Saline (n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
Ditolyl :: Ditolyl (n.) A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene..
Octyl :: Octyl (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol..
Naphthyl :: Naphthyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.
Carbonize :: Carbonize (v. t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
Oxalyl :: Oxalyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical (C2O2) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it.
Etherin :: Etherin (n.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine..
Residue :: Residue (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder..
Uranyl :: Uranyl (n.) The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds..
Petrolatum :: Petrolatum (n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments..
Residue :: Residue (n.) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies..
Blacks :: Blacks (n. pl.) The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press..
Betaine :: Betaine (n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste..
Phenyl :: Phenyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives..
Propinyl :: Propinyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds.
Radical :: Radical (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue..
Pentacid :: Pentacid (a.) Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; -- said of certain complex bases..
Paracyanogen :: Paracyanogen (n.) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide..
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