The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remanent \Rem"a*nent\ (-nent), n. [See Remanent, a.] That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
Remanent \Rem"a*nent\, a. [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See Remain, and cf. Remnant.] 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magnetism (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also residual magnetism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"remaining," mid-15c., from Latin remanentem (nominative (see remanens), present participle of remanere (see remain (v.)).
Wiktionary
a. remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic influence is removed n. That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
Usage examples of "remanent".
Ugant was snuffing the air, now almost cleansed as the roof-leaves flapped automatically to scour away the remanent pheromones.
Later, this cult assimilated to itself the last furtive remanents of the even older demon propitiation that had passed for religion before the Old Empire.
For whan they sawe the youth of Athenes and of al the remanent of Grece inclyned to al ylles they toke occasion to note suche myslyuinge.
It meant Bremsstrahlung was broadcasting more remanent irritation than he should be letting himself feel—after all, the very purpose of Dream-Seat specialists like himself was to feel nothing, but only be wholly receptive to whatever sensations might come through the Seat.
At one point, I believe, there was serious discussion of disbanding it altogether and incorporating its remanents into Eighth Fleet.