residue
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
- (countable, uncountable) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
- (countable, uncountable) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
- (countable, uncountable) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
- (countable, uncountable) A representative element of an equivalence class modulo some base, conventionally in the half-open interval from zero to the base; the nonnegative remainder after dividing a number by a base.
- (countable, uncountable) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
Synonyms
the rest
scrape away
waste matter
relique
filtrand
filter residue
press residues
tank waste
percipate
Translations
résidu
residuo
residuo
Rückstand
resíduo
artık
υπόλοιποFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɛzɪduː/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“I remain behind”). Doublet of residuum.
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