Residuum

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Residuum \Re*sid"u*um\ (-?m), n. [L. See {Residue}.]
     That which is left after any process of separation or
     purification; that which remains after certain specified
     deductions are made; residue.
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           "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after
           evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot
           demagogue.                               --L. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  residuum
       n : something left after other parts have been taken away;
           "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he
           took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: {remainder},
            {balance}, {residual}, {residue}, {rest}]
       [also: {residua} (pl)]