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residuum

Syllables: re·sid·u·um/ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ʌm//ɹɪˈzɪdjʊəm/

residuum noun: the residue, remainder or rest of something.

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.

residuum meaning in Tamil

residuum in Tamil

residuum or sediment of decoctions, oil or ghee
கற்கம் kaṟkam

Synonyms of residuum

Forms of residuum

pluralresiduums
pluralresidua

Origin of residuum

From Latin residuum. Doublet of residue.

Questions about residuum

What does residuum mean?
Residuum means the residue, remainder or rest of something.
What is residuum in Tamil?
Residuum in Tamil is கற்கம் (kaṟkam). See Residuum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is residuum?
Residuum is a noun.
How do you pronounce residuum?
Residuum is pronounced /ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ʌm/.
What is the plural of residuum?
The plural of residuum is residuums.

Words near residuum in the dictionary

  1. residuent
  2. residuents
  3. residues
  4. residuosity
  5. residuous
  6. residuum
  7. residuums
  8. resieve
  9. resieved
  10. resieves
  11. resieving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: residuum (page history and authors); கற்கம் (Tamil) (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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