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residue
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residue
Law what is left of an estate after the discharge of debts and distribution of specific gifts

residue [′rez·ə‚dü]
(chemical engineering)
The substance left after distilling off all but the heaviest components from crude oil in petroleum refinery operations. Also known as bottoms; residuum.
Solids deposited onto the filter medium during filtration. Also known as cake; discharged solids.
(geology)
The in-place accumulation of rock debris which remains after weathering has removed all but the least soluble constituent.
(mathematics)
The residue of a complex function ƒ(z) at an isolated singularityz0is given by (1/2πi) ∫ ƒ(z)dzalong a simple closed curve interior to an annulus aboutz0; equivalently, the coefficient of the term (z-z0)-1in the Laurent series expansion of ƒ(z) aboutz0.
In general, a coset of an ideal in a ring.
A residue ofmof ordern, wheremandnare integers, is a remainder that results from raising some integer to thenth power and dividing bym.


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