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remanent

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rem⋅a⋅nent

  [rem-uh-nuhnt]
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–adjective
remaining; left behind.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L remanent- (s. of remanēns), prp. of remanēre. See remain, -ent
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rem·a·nence   (rěm'ə-nəns)   
n.  The magnetic induction that remains in a material after removal of the magnetizing field.

[From Middle English remanent, remaining, from Latin remanēns, remanent-, present participle of remanēre, to remain; see remain.]
rem'a·nent adj.
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