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jäämä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • remainder noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
  • remnant noun A small remaining piece or amount of something bigger that once existed.
  • residue noun A small amount of something that remains after the main part has been used, removed, or processed.
  • trace noun A small mark, sign, or amount left behind that shows something existed or happened.

Senses

jäämä is used for these senses in English:

  • remainder A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
  • remnant The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
  • residue Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
  • residue (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
  • trace A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.

remainder — full definition

  1. noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
  2. noun In arithmetic, the number left over when one number doesn't divide evenly into another.
  3. noun Unsold copies of a book or other stock, later sold off cheaply.

remnant — full definition

  1. noun A small remaining piece or amount of something bigger that once existed.
  2. noun A leftover piece of fabric sold cheaply at the end of a roll.

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