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Definition of Residuum
1. Noun. Something left after other parts have been taken away. "He took what he wanted and I got the balance"
Generic synonyms: Component, Component Part, Constituent, Part, Portion
Specialized synonyms: Leftover, Remnant
Derivative terms: Remain, Remainder, Residual, Residual, Residuary
Definition of Residuum
1. n. That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
Definition of Residuum
1. Noun. The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Residuum
1. residue [n -SIDUA or -SIDUUMS] - See also: residue
Medical Definition of Residuum
1. Synonym: residue. Origin: L. Ntr. Of residuus, left behind, remaining, fr. Re-sideo, to sit back, remain behind (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Residuum
Literary usage of Residuum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"Here the lapsed legacy is carried to the residuum, and is not intestate estate.
§ 10. According to this and other cases it appears, that a part of the ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"In item 25, which purports to dispose of certain property as the residuum of the
estate of the testatrix, It Is directed that such property be sold by the ..."
3. Petroleum: Its History, Origin, Occurrence, Production, Physical and by William Theodore Brannt, Hans Höfer, Alexander Veith (1894)
"The principal reason for this is to be found chiefly in the greater consistency
and inferior congealing point of the residuum. ..."
4. Petroleum: A Treatise on the Geographical Distribution and Geological by Boverton Redwood (1896)
"The following description applies to a refinery where naphtha, illuminating oils,
and residuum are produced. The battery of stills -comprises three of the ..."
5. Due Process of Law and the Equal Protection of the Laws: A Treatise Based by Hannis Taylor (1917)
"residuum of taxing power remaining in the state. ... That such residuum is very
large no one can doubt after an examination of the notable exposition ..."
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