residuum
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How to use residuum in a sentence
In either case the blue colour of reddened litmus is permanently restored by the residuum.
"In poculi fundo residuum non relinque, admonisheth Pythagoras," said he, returning the empty cup to the sexton.
Rookwood | William Harrison AinsworthCustom and the folkways, like habit in the individual, may be regarded as a mere residuum of past practices.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkAfter agitation in water it loses this property, and the residuum is merely inflammable air, with no great diminution of its bulk.
It burns with smoke and soot, and leaves a residuum of a coaly substance.
British Dictionary definitions for residuum
/ (rɪˈzɪdjʊəm) /
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