residuum meaning

Noun: residuum (residua)  ri'zijooum

1. Something left after other parts have been taken away
   - remainder, balance, residual, residue, rest

Derived forms: residua

See also: residuary

Type of: component, component part, constituent, part, portion

[Medicine]
n pl re·sid·ua also residuums : something that remains; esp : RESIDUAL 2

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1. in these instances the food is liquid and there is little solid residuum.
2. the development of atmospheric residuum hydrotreating technology
3. study on process for residuum suspension bed hydrocracking at medium pressure
4. after elimination of all verbiage, this fact was the only residuum ( john lothrop motley
5. The residuum includes Lower to Upper Miocene and younger weathered sediments.