residue
IPA: rˈɛzʌdu
noun
- Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
- (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
- (biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
- (law) 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.
- (complex analysis) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
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Examples of "residue" in Sentences
- The residue is stored in the back yard.
- The residue is pitted and porous in appearance.
- Also note the accumulation of the white residue.
- Any iron in the waste is in the leaching residue.
- The residue is then smelted to yield the alloy metal.
- A scraper scrapes the calcinated residue from the drum.
- In the first embodiment, the precipitate stays with the residue.
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