residue
Syllables: re·si·due/ˈɹɛzɪdjuː/US/ˈɹɛzɪduː/
residue noun: that which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
Noun
residue (countable and uncountable, plural residues)
- That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
- The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
- A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
- 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.
- A representative element of an equivalence class modulo some base, conventionally in the half-open interval from zero to the base; the nonnegative remainder after dividing a number by a base.
- A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
- 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
residue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
residue in Hindi
- whatever remains
- शेष śeṣ, अवशेष avśeṣ
residue in Tamil
- எச்சம், எஞ்சிய, மிஞ்சிய, எஞ்சியது, மிச்சம், மீதி
residue in Urdu
- باقی, بچن کھچن, بچت, فاضل
residue in Malayalam
- whatever remains
- അവശിഷ്ടം avaśiṣṭaṁ, മിച്ചം miccaṁ, ബാക്കി bākki, ചണ്ടി caṇṭi
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- residue in Kannada
- ಉಳಿದದ್ದು, ಉಳಿಕೆ, ಶಿಲ್ಕು, ಶೇಷ
- residue in Sanskrit
- अमृत amṛ́ta
- residue in Malay
- sisa, tahi, baki
- residue in Indonesian
- residu
- residue in Vietnamese
- bã
Examples of residue in a sentence
- They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
- There was some food residue in the sink, so she washed it down.
- There was some food residue in the sink, so she rinsed it down.
Synonyms of residue
Forms of residue
| plural | residues |
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Origin of residue
From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“to remain behind”). Doublet of residuum.
Words formed from residue
Phrases with residue
Questions about residue
- What does residue mean?
- Residue means that which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
- What is residue in Hindi?
- Residue in Hindi is शेष (śeṣ), अवशेष (avśeṣ). See Residue meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is residue?
- Residue is a noun.
- How do you pronounce residue?
- Residue is pronounced /ˈɹɛzɪdjuː/.
- What is the plural of residue?
- The plural of residue is residues.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: residue (page history and authors); residue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); residue (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); residue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अमृत (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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