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- Dictionaryremnant/ˈrɛmnənt/
noun
- 1. a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed: "the bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape" Similar
- 2. a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel): "if any one ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant"
adjective
- 1. remaining: "remnant strands of hair"
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1 day ago · Results showed that higher remnant-C concentrations were independently associated with increased risks of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia. More research is needed to determine the mechanisms underlying this finding. Monitoring and managing higher concentrations of remnant-C might have important implications for reducing the risk of dementia.
3 days ago · A peak or projection from the top of a hill or mountain, or any rounded protrusion of land, especially a small but prominent or isolated hill with steep sides; a boulder or an area of resistant rock protruding from the side of a hill or mountain. The term is used primarily in the southern United States. [5] knoll.
2 days ago · First, the way in which land use changed and intensified over time in the Atlantic Forest has promoted a pattern in which the largest forest remnant areas are located in the southeast and southwest of the biome (Joly et al., 2014; Rezende et al., 2018), creating different habitats and environments conducive to maintain more diversity.
1 day ago · Originally, “deathmatch” referred to a free-for-all style of play where every player was out for themselves. As multiplayer games evolved, developers added team-based variants, and thus, Team Deathmatch was born. The abbreviation TDM became popular as gamers, always looking for shortcuts, needed a quick way to refer to the mode in chat and ...
3 days ago · Falling Skies is a science fiction series produced by Steven Spielberg where a post-massacre remnant society of humans offers armed resistance to an alien invasion. A small faction of mercenary fighters within the human cohort that is at the center of the series' action is known as The Berzerkers.
3 days ago · Concentration camps are defined by characteristics including forceful detainment, often without trial or with pre-determined trials, forced labor, and inhumane conditions (Britannica, 1998). Concentration camps have historically been utilized as a tool for regimes to remove their political or ethnic enemies from the rest of the population ...
6 hours ago · The Rover SD1 3500 is a tragic remnant of Leyland’s malignant influence over the once noble house of Rover. This is a car that reeks of unfulfilled ambition, its early promise as a new performance-and-efficiency orientated Euro-Rover for the second half of the ’70s reduced to near-joke status by the dawn of the following decade.
