Meaning & use
Remanent
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Remaining or left over after most of something has been used, removed, or has passed.
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A remanent patch of forest survived at the edge of the cleared farmland.
Geologists measured the remanent magnetism preserved in the volcanic rock.
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In geophysics, remanent magnetization refers to the magnetism that rocks retain after the magnetic field that created it has gone, which scientists use to study Earth's magnetic history.
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