Definition of "remanent"

remanent

/ˈɹɛmənənt/

adjective
1. Remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic influence is removed.
  Quotations
  That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit.
  1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655
2. (Scotland) additional
noun
plural remanents
1. That which remains; a remnant; a residue.