REMANENT

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

2.
a.

Remaining; residual. That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. Jer. Taylor. Remanent magnetism (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also residual magnetism.