About The Word Residuum
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Residuum
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What's The Definition Of Residuum?
[n] something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Residuum: remainder | residual | residue | rest Related Terms | Find terms related to Residuum: See Also | component | component part | leftover | part | portion | remnant Residuum In Webster's Dictionary \Re*sid"u*um\ (-?m), n. [L. See {Residue}.]
That which is left after any process of separation or
purification; that which remains after certain specified
deductions are made; residue.
``I think so,'' is the whole residuum . . . after
evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot
demagogue. --L. Taylor.
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