Meaning of RESIDUUM
Pronunciation: | | ri'zijooum
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest" |
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| Synonyms: | | remainder, residual, residue, rest |
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| See Also: | | component, component part, leftover, part, portion, remnant | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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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