Hypertext Webster Gateway: "remanent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Remanent \Rem"a*nent\ (-nent), n. [See {Remanent}, a.]
That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Remanent \Rem"a*nent\, a. [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See
{Remain}, and cf. {Remnant}.]
Remaining; residual.
That little hope that is remanent hath its degree
according to the infancy or growth of the habit. --Jer.
Taylor.
{Remanent magnetism} (Physics), magnetism which remains in a
body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing
force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also {residual
magnetism}.
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