residue

nounattested in dialogue

United States//ˈɹɛzɪduː//
//ˈɹɛzɪdjuː//
/[ˈɹɛzɪdjʊu̯]/
//ˈɹɛzɪd͡ʒuː//
/[ˈɹɛzɪd͡ʒʊu̯]/

That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.

noun

1
That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
2
The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
3
A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
4
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.
5
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.
6
A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
By taking residues, we can represent this integral in terms of a Jackson integral.

Etymology

From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“to remain behind”). Doublet of residuum.

Forms

plural: residues

resident · A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in…residential · Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a…residual · Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

residue · That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.

resign · To give up; to relinquish ownership of.resignation · The act of resigning.resigned · Characterized by resignation or acceptance.

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