An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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An effect that remains in a system for a while after the physical cause has been removed. For example the light remaining in a detector after elimination of the source, or the magnetic induction that remains in a material after removal of the magnetizing field.

From reman(ent), → remanent + -ence a noun suffix.

Noun of → pasmân.