residue
something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
Chemistry.
an atom or group of atoms considered as a group or part of a molecule.
that part remaining as a solid on a filter paper after a liquid passes through in the filtration procedure.
Law. the part of a testator's estate that remains after the payment of all debts, charges, special devises, and bequests.
Mathematics.
the coefficient of the term with exponent −1 in a Laurent series of a function of a complex variable.
a number related to a given number by a congruence.
Origin of residue
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Other words for residue
Words that may be confused with residue
- residual, residue
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How to use residue in a sentence
The liquidy residue at the top of your yogurt cup is an excellent example of whey.
Best protein powder: Better nutrition in a bottle | Carsen Joenk | January 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAn unpublished 2015 study, also coauthored by Fullagar, found collagen residues on three Cerutti stones, including the newly proposed hammering stone.
Two stones fuel debate over when America’s first settlers arrived | Bruce Bower | December 4, 2020 | Science NewsIt 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.
Mineral body armor helps some leaf-cutting ants win fights with bigger kin | Christie Wilcox | November 24, 2020 | Science NewsCoal ash is the fine residue left when coal is burned to produce power.
A Power Company’s Quiet Land-Buying Spree Could Shield It From Coal Ash Cleanup Costs | by Max Blau for Georgia Health News | November 24, 2020 | ProPublicaBy the time I get home, my ride has washed away all of the work residue.
Carolyn Hax: She has a 90-minute commute, but it doesn’t have to be all uphill | Carolyn Hax | November 12, 2020 | Washington Post
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.
The Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad | Noah Shachtman, Michael Kennedy | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet 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.
NTSB Doesn’t Think the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Is Safe Enough to Fly | Clive Irving | May 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe remainder of the residue may be dissolved in a little dilute sulphuric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe energetic, the daring, the high-spirited go, leaving the residue more abject and nerveless than ever.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyI said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousWhen the small residue was completely dry, it was a yellow solid soluble in dilute alcohol and acid to litmus.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe ether was evaporated and the residue was extracted with warm water and filtered.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
British Dictionary definitions for residue
/ (ˈrɛzɪˌdjuː) /
matter remaining after something has been removed
law what is left of an estate after the discharge of debts and distribution of specific gifts
Origin of residue
1Collins 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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