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- Dictionaryremainder/rɪˈmeɪndə/
noun
- 1. a part of something that is left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with: "leave a few mushrooms for garnish and slice the remainder"
- 2. a property interest that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest (created at the same time) ends.
verb
- 1. dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price: "titles are being remaindered increasingly quickly to save on overheads"
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REMAINDER definition: 1. the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken…. Learn more.
A remainder is a value that is left after division, even if we have got the answer. If 4 is divided by 3, then 1 is the remainder. When a value is not completely divisible then we get the remainder.
The definition of remainder in math can be given as the leftover number in a division problem. If the number is not completely divisible by another number, then we are left with a value, which is called remainder. A remainder is always less than the divisor.
noun. something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day. Synonyms: overage, rest, excess, remnant, residuum. a remaining part. Arithmetic. the quantity that remains after subtraction. the portion of the dividend that is not evenly divisible by the divisor.
The definition of the remainder is the part of a quantity that is left after dividing it into equal groups. For this let us look at a simple example. A number 30 on dividing into 7 parts, we are left with 2. 30 = 7 × 4 + 2.
1. : an interest or estate in property that follows and is dependent on the termination of a prior intervening possessory estate created at the same time by the same instrument. 2. a. : a remaining group, part, or trace. b (1) : the number left after a subtraction. (2)
noun. 1. a part or portion that is left, as after use, subtraction, expenditure, the passage of time, etc. the remainder of the milk. the remainder of the day. 2. mathematics. a. the amount left over when one quantity cannot be exactly divided by another. for 10 ÷ 3, the remainder is 1.
remainder. ( rɪˈmeɪndə) n. 1. a part or portion that is left, as after use, subtraction, expenditure, the passage of time, etc: the remainder of the milk; the remainder of the day. 2. (Mathematics) maths. a. the amount left over when one quantity cannot be exactly divided by another: for 10 ÷ 3, the remainder is 1.
An amount left over after division, which happens when the first number does not divide exactly by the other. Example: 19 cannot be divided exactly by 5. The closest you can get without going over is 3 x 5 = 15, which is 4 less than 19. So the remainder is 4.
the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken away: I ate most of it and gave the remainder to the dog. It rained the first day but the remainder of the trip was fine. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Things remaining. (and) all the rest idiom. balance. bastion. be left phrase. cremains.
