IN MATH: 1. n. result of a subtraction, the difference. 2. n. in a division problem, the difference between the divisor and the product of the quotient and the divisor.

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defind above. 2. n. what's left afterwards. EX. Juanita took the remainder of the money and went on a trip.

APPLICATION: See list 40.


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