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residueless

residueless adjective: leaving no residue or lasting mark.

Adjective

residueless (comparative more residueless, superlative most residueless)

  1. Leaving no residue or lasting mark.
    • To his pointed question: "Where does the residueless, total annihilation of the four elements take place?" he received the following answer. "Go, O monk, and put your question to the Exalted One. As the Exalted One shall explain it, so believe."1908, Paul Dahlke, Buddhist Essays, pages 309–310
    • In general, any monomineralic rock deposited from aqueous solution is capable of total, residueless dissolution in water.1977, Lászlo Jakucs, Morphogenetics of Karst Regions: Variants of Karst Evolution, page 78
    Synonyms:
    traceless

Synonyms of residueless

Forms of residueless

comparativemore residueless
superlativemost residueless

Origin of residueless

From residue + -less.

Words formed from residueless

Questions about residueless

What does residueless mean?
Residueless means leaving no residue or lasting mark.
What part of speech is residueless?
Residueless is an adjective.

Words near residueless in the dictionary

  1. residue
  2. residue class
  3. residue classes
  4. residue field
  5. residue fields
  6. residueless
  7. residuelessness
  8. residuent
  9. residuents
  10. residues
  11. residuosity

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