remnant vs residuum

remnant

noun
  • The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group. 

  • The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt. 

  • An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc. 

residuum

noun
  • The residue, remainder or rest of something. 

  • The residue of an estate. 

  • The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue. 

  • A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: x→y= sup z|z*x⩽y, where * denotes the t-norm function and sup denotes the supremum. 

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