Distillate vs. Residue

Distillatenoun

The liquid that has been condensed from vapour during distillation; normally a purified form or a fraction of an original liquid.

Distillatenoun

(by extension) The essence of something.

Distillatenoun

(AU) Diesel fuel.

Distillatenoun

The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.

Distillatenoun

a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling

Residuenoun

Whatever remains after something else has been removed.

Residuenoun

(chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.

Residuenoun

(biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.

Residuenoun

(legal) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.

Residuenoun

(mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.

Residuenoun

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

Residuenoun

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.

Residuenoun

That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; a moiety or group; - used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

Residuenoun

Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.

Residuenoun

matter that remains after something has been removed

Residuenoun

something left after other parts have been taken away;