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Plural of residue

regular plural

The plural of residue is residues.

Forms of residue

Singularresidue /ˈɹɛzɪdjuː/
Pluralresidues
Countablecountable and uncountable

Residues in a sentence

  • By taking residues, we can represent this integral in terms of a Jackson integral.2001, Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, page 72
  • Intermediate glycostructures have different numbers of galactose, mannose, and sialic acid residues.2015 July 2, Ligabue-Braun R, Sachett LG, Pol-Fachin L, Verli H, “The Calcium Goes Meow: Effects of Ions and Glycosylation on Fel d 1, the…. From the entry glycostructure
  • The conserved pantetheinylated serine residues are indicated by the open triangle.2015 November 26, “Characterisation of the Candida albicans Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Ppt2 as a Potential Antifungal Drug Target”…. From the entry pantetheinylated
  • Touch screens are touched, so oily residues, or smudges, remain on the screen as a side effect.2010 August 9, Adam J. Aviv, Katherine Gibson, Evan Mossop, Matt Blaze, Jonathan M. Smith, “Smudge Attacks on Smartphone Touch Screens”…. From the entry smudge attack
  • It is activated by 2'-5' oligoadenylates with at least three adenyl residues and one 5' phosphoryl group.2005, Peter Palese, editor, Modulation of Host Gene Expression and Innate Immunity by Viruses, Springer, page 45. From the entry adenyl

Meaning of residue

  1. noun That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
  2. noun The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
  3. noun A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.

Full definition of residue

Questions about the plural of residue

What is the plural of residue?
The plural of residue is residues.
Is residue countable?
Residue is a countable and uncountable noun.

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