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residua

/ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ə/

residua is the plural of residuum.

Meaning of residuum

Noun

residuum (plural residuums or residua)

  1. The residue, remainder or rest of something.
    Synonyms:
    lave
  2. The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
  3. (fuzzy logic) A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: x→y= sup z|z*x⩽y, where * denotes the t-norm function and sup denotes the supremum.
    • The residuum of the minimum t-norm is a function #92;rightarrow such that x#92;rightarrowy#61;#92;begin#123;cases#125;y,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;xgt;y#92;#92;1,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;x#92;leqslanty.#92;end#123;cases#125;
  4. The residue of an estate.

Questions about residua

What is residua the plural of?
Residua is the plural of residuum.
How do you pronounce residua?
Residua is pronounced /ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ə/.

Words near residua in the dictionary

  1. residers
  2. resides
  3. residing
  4. residronate
  5. resids
  6. residua
  7. residual
  8. residual air
  9. residual alkalinity
  10. residual haunting
  11. residual hauntings

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