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residuum

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re·sid·u·um  (r-zj-m)
n. pl. re·sid·u·a (--)
1. Something remaining after removal of a part; a residue.
2. Law See residue.

[Latin, residue; see residue.]

residuum [rɪˈzɪdjʊəm]
n pl -ua [-jʊə]
a more formal word for residue
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.residuum - something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
component part, part, portion, component, constituent - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
leftover, remnant - a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
Translations
residuum [rɪˈzɪdjʊəm] N (residua (pl)) → residuo m
residuum
n (Chem) → Rückstand m, → Residuum nt


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When she came close and looked in she beheld indistinct forms racing up and down to the figure of the dance, the silence of their footfalls arising from their being overshoe in "scroff"--that is to say, the powdery residuum from the storage of peat and other products, the stirring of which by their turbulent feet created the nebulosity that involved the scene.
The Populace,' the 'vast raw and half-developed residuum.
In its experiments there has always remained, in the last analysis, a residuum it could not resolve.
 
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