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residue

[ rez-i-doo, -dyoo ]

noun

  1. something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.

    Synonyms: residuum

  2. Chemistry.
    1. an atom or group of atoms considered as a group or part of a molecule.
    2. that part remaining as a solid on a filter paper after a liquid passes through in the filtration procedure.
  3. Law. the part of a testator's estate that remains after the payment of all debts, charges, special devises, and bequests.
  4. Mathematics.
    1. the coefficient of the term with exponent −1 in a Laurent series of a function of a complex variable.
    2. a number related to a given number by a congruence.


residue

/ ˈrɛzɪˌdjuː /

noun

  1. matter remaining after something has been removed
  2. law what is left of an estate after the discharge of debts and distribution of specific gifts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of residue1

1300–50; Middle English from Middle French residu from Latin residuum “what is left over”; residual
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Word History and Origins

Origin of residue1

C14: from Old French residu , from Latin residuus remaining over, from residēre to stay behind, reside
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Example Sentences

The liquidy residue at the top of your yogurt cup is an excellent example of whey.

An unpublished 2015 study, also coauthored by Fullagar, found collagen residues on three Cerutti stones, including the newly proposed hammering stone.

It helps remove all sorts of food residue without harming the tongue, and can dissolve mineral deposits on teeth, so Li decided to give the liquid a try.

Coal ash is the fine residue left when coal is burned to produce power.

By the time I get home, my ride has washed away all of the work residue.

For five weeks I forced myself to sit at my house table, figuring that my reluctance was a residue of my introversion.

Empty cigarette packs, liquor bottles, containers sticky with food residue covered the floor.

Kaszeta insisted that the chemical compound hexamine in the sarin residue was a tell-tale sign of Syrian government involvement.

Yet she also conceded that there is some crude residue still inside the Tesoro rail-facility stormwater system.

Hot chemicals—vaporized electrolyte—had left a trail of toxic residue in the electronics bay.

The remainder of the residue may be dissolved in a little dilute sulphuric acid.

The energetic, the daring, the high-spirited go, leaving the residue more abject and nerveless than ever.

I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

When the small residue was completely dry, it was a yellow solid soluble in dilute alcohol and acid to litmus.

The ether was evaporated and the residue was extracted with warm water and filtered.

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