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REMNANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Synonyms:
end; oddment; remainder; remnant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("remnant" is a kind of...):
piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remnant"):
fag end (the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
Synonyms:
leftover; remnant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("remnant" is a kind of...):
balance; remainder; residual; residue; residuum; rest (something left after other parts have been taken away)
Derivation:
remain (be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.)
Context examples:
The planet orbits the hot white dwarf, the remnant of a Sun-like star, at close range, causing its atmosphere to be stripped away and form a disc of gas around the star.
(First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found, ESO)
A malignant bone neoplasm arising from the remnants of the fetal notochord.
(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An epithelial neoplasm of the female reproductive system arising from mesonephric remnants.
(Mesonephric Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Remnant of a tumor or cancer after primary, potentially curative therapy.
(Minimal Residual Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Remnants of nephrogenic blastema cells in the kidney following embryonic development.
(Nephrogenic Rest, NCI Thesaurus)
It consists of a mixture of blood, mucus, and placental remnants.
(Lochia, NCI Thesaurus)
The remnants of the central canal of the spinal cord represent modified ependyma left from embryonic development of the neural tube
(Ependyma and Remnants of the Central Canal of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant bone tumor arising from the remnants of the fetal notochord.
(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Therefore, they should not leave behind such a massive remnant.
(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A slow-growing malignant bone tumor arising from the remnants of the notochord and occurring in the clivus.
(Clivus Chondroid Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
