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residue

/ˈɹɛzɪduː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
re-si-due
IPA
/ˈɹɛzɪduː/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɹɛzɪduː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

residues (plural)

Derived Forms

agroresidue diresidue interresidue intraresidue microresidue multiresidue nonresidue phosphoresidue residual residuary residueless

Phrases

day residue day's residue quadratic residue residue class residue field rest and residue

Frequently Paired Words

residuum

Synonyms

lave remnant remainder balance residual residuum rest

Questions

How do you pronounce residue?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛzɪduː/.
What does residue mean?
That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
Where does residue come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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