remanent

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remanent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remanent \Rem"a*nent\ (-nent), n. [See Remanent, a.]
     That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
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  Remanent \Rem"a*nent\, a. [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See
     Remain, and cf. Remnant.]
     Remaining; residual.
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           That little hope that is remanent hath its degree
           according to the infancy or growth of the habit. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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     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        force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also residual  magnetism
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