Lexic.us

Definition of Residue

1. Noun. Matter that remains after something has been removed.

2. Noun. Something left after other parts have been taken away. "He took what he wanted and I got the balance"

Definition of Residue

1. n. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

Definition of Residue

1. Noun. Whatever remains after something else has been removed. ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process. ¹

3. 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. ¹

4. Noun. (mathematics) A form of complex number. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Residue

1. something remaining after the removal of a part [n -S]

Medical Definition of Residue

1. A single unit within a polymer, such as an amino acid within a polypeptide or protein. This term reflects the fact that sugars, nucleotides, and amino acids usually lose a few atoms (usually hydrogen and oxygen) when they are polymerised into a larger molecule. (10 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Residue

residual oil residual ovary syndrome residual ridge residual risk residual schizophrenia residual soil residual urine residual volume residually residuals

residuary residuary estate residuary estates residuated residuation residue (current term) residueless residues residuosity residuous

residuum residuums resift resifted resifting resifts resight resighted resighting

Literary usage of Residue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"while a much smaller dose of the residue increases the resistance, ... I have interpreted this finding as follows: The residue converts the zymo- gen into ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"One part, being the fourth of the above residue, I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna during her life and for her sole and separate use; and at her death ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"And this rule has been held to prevail, though the testator directed that In a certain event (which happened) the aliquot part should sink into the residue ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"A residue of 219.7 cc. was left behind. Both the residue and distillate were again treated ... From the residue there was obtained 9.9 cc. more of methane, ..."

5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"A bequest of the residue of the resi- tion is made by the will, ... In the instance of a residue given in moieties, to hold that one moiety lapsing shall ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"The purpose, for which it is to be taken out of the residue. ... When he speaks of the second residue, he must mean, as it shall happen to ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Francis Vesey (1827)
"two daughters, charges, to apply the residue of the yearly produce of his tors &Ci ... of their respective mothers,- the residue to accumulate for them all, ..."

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