Definitions for residue

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residue res·i·due

Spelling: [rez-i-doo, -dyoo]

IPA: /ˈrɛz ɪˌdu, -ˌdyu/

Residue is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in residue (deeirsu).

Definitions for residue

noun

1. something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
2. Chemistry. residuum (def 2). an atom or group of atoms considered as a group or part of a molecule. that part remaining as a solid on a filter paper after a liquid passes through in the filtration procedure.
3. Law. the part of a testator's estate that remains after the payment of all debts, charges, special devises, and bequests.
4. Mathematics. the coefficient of the term with exponent −1 in a Laurent series of a function of a complex variable. a number related to a given number by a congruence.

Origin of residue

1300-50; Middle English Middle French residu Latin residuum what is left over; see residual

Examples for residue

The residue is of a brown color, and has a saline, bitter taste.

Brewers' grains are the residue of barley malt and corn grits.

It gave a residue on ignition amounting only to 1.6 per cent.

A residue of egoism remains in every affection—even paternal.

For five weeks I forced myself to sit at my house table, figuring that my reluctance was a residue of my introversion.

That oil used in manufacturing the gauges had not been flushed out, and a residue remained.

In a few days Moscoso came also with the residue of the army.

And whichever of these qualities we find in the State, the one which is not found will be the residue?

His brothers shared the residue of their father's inheritance.

There is no mention of any residue of the tablets that Shawn is supposed to have taken.