residua
- plural of residuum.
Example Sentences
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The residua of distillation remain almost entirely in the reservoir, O, from whence they are easily removed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various
The former, however, is now seldom to be met with, the varieties employed on the palette being the residua of various resinous and bituminous matters, distilled for the sake of their essential oils.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
It is well, however, to place the closed apparatus in water, in order that the residua that have entered the threads of the screw may become detached, and that the apparatus may be opened easily.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various
In children these motor residua may persist as characteristic features of inflection, accent, or manners; automatisms may become morbid in stammering or stuttering, or they may be seen in gait, handwriting, tics or tweaks, etc.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley
Again he says, "The more things we try to explain, the better we realize that we live in a world of unexplained residua."
From Studies in the Life of the Christian by Sell, Henry T. (Henry Thorne)
