Residue Definition

rĕzĭ-do͝o, -dyo͝o
residues
noun
residues
That which is left over after part is taken away; remainder; rest.
Webster's New World
The matter remaining at the end of a process, as after evaporation, combustion, or filtration; residual product.
Webster's New World
The part of a monomer or other chemical unit that has been incorporated into a polymer or large molecule.
American Heritage
That part of a testator's estate which is left after all claims, charges, and bequests have been satisfied.
Webster's New World

Whatever remains after something else has been removed.

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Other Word Forms of Residue

Noun

Singular:
residue
Plural:
residues

Origin of Residue

  • Middle English from Old French residu from Latin residuum neuter of residuus remaining from residēre to remain behind reside

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining"), from resideō (“I remain behind").

    From Wiktionary

Residue Sentence Examples

  • The residue is washed, extracted by dilute hydrochloric acid, and again well washed with boiling water.

  • Transparent soaps are prepared by dissolving ordinary soap in strong alcohol and distilling off the greater portion of the alcohol till the residue comes to the condition of a thick transparent jelly.

  • A fine oil of turpentine is distilled from the crude material; the residue forms a coarse resin.

  • A heavy white precipitate, consisting of ammonium chloride and columbium nitride, is thrown down, and the ammonium chloride is removed by washing it out with hot water, when the columbium nitride remains as an amorphous residue (Hall and Smith, loc. cit.).

  • There was, therefore, a residue of 9% of illiterates, most of whom were not born in Australia.

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Words Starting With

RRERES

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EUEDUE

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