residue
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“I remain behind”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛzɪduː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛzɪdjuː/
Noun[edit]
residue (countable and uncountable, plural residues)
- Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
- (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
- (biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
- (law) 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.
- (complex analysis) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
- 2001, Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, page 72:
- By taking residues, we can represent this integral in terms of a Jackson integral.
Synonyms[edit]
- (whatever remains): lave, remnant; See also Thesaurus:remainder
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Translations[edit]
whatever remains
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(chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration
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(law) property or effects remaining in an estate after deduction of debts, charges and bequests
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(mathematics) form of complex number
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Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
residue f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
residue
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