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residuum

[ ri-zij-oo-uhm ]

noun

plural residua
  1. the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
  2. Also Chemistry. a quantity or body of matter remaining after evaporation, combustion, distillation, etc.
  3. any residual product.
  4. Law. the residue of an estate.


residuum

/ ɪˈɪʊə /

noun

  1. a more formal word for residue
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of residuum1

From Latin, dating back to 1665–75; residual
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“It feels like a publicity stunt, aimed at sending a message worldwide that the French government takes the ‘unclaimed’ works, the apparent residua from the Second World War, seriously.”

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The statement is quite definitive, calling him “completely recovered, there is not any residuum remained.”

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The bed looked like the residuum of a lost weekend, yet it also intimated that the bed’s occupant felt herself to be lost, too.

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Immunological memory is the residuum of a successful immune response that in the B cell lineage comprises long-lived plasma cells and long-lived memory B cells.

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Among his circle of correspondents are those who advocate "a war that was longer and might act as a purgative, sweeping away what was rotten, reducing the number of fertile males among the residuum."

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