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Webster 1913 Edition


Remanent

Rem′a-nent

(-nent)
,
Noun.
[See
Remanent
,
Adj.
]
That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

Rem′a-nent

,
Adj.
[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magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; – called also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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Remanent

REM'ANENT

,
Noun.
[L. remanens.] The part remaining. [Little used. It is contracted into remnant.]

REM'ANENT

,
Adj.
Remaining. [little used.]

Definition 2024


remanent

remanent

See also: rémanent

English

Adjective

remanent

  1. Remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic influence is removed.
    remanent magnetism, remanent induction, remanent polarization
    • Jeremy Taylor
      That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit.

Related terms

Noun

remanent (plural remanents)

  1. That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

External links

  • remanent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • remanent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • remanent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

remanent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of remaneō