residue

English

Etymology

From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“I remain behind”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzɪduː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzɪdjuː/

Noun

residue (countable and uncountable, plural residues)

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.

Synonyms

(whatever remains): lave, remnant; See also Thesaurus:remainder

Derived terms

diresidue
nonresidue
quadratic residue
residual
residuary

Related terms

residuum

Translations

whatever remains

Azerbaijani: qalıq (az)
Bulgarian: остатък (bg) m (ostatǎk)
Catalan: residu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘餘／残余 (zh) (cányú)
Finnish: jäännös (fi), tähde, ylijäämä (fi), jäämä (fi)
Galician: residuo (gl) m
German: Überrest (de) m
Greek: υπόλοιπο (el) n (ypóloipo)
Hungarian: maradék (hu)
Irish: dríodar m
Italian: residuo (it) m
Malay: sisa
Malayalam: അവശിഷ്ടം (ml) (avaśiṣṭaṃ), മിച്ചം (ml) (miccaṃ), ബാക്കി (ml) (bākki), ചണ്ടി (ml) (caṇṭi)
Maori: toenga, toenga
Portuguese: resíduo (pt) m
Russian: оста́ток (ru) m (ostátok)
Spanish: residuo (es) m

(chemistry) substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration

Catalan: residu (ca) m
Finnish: jäännös (fi), jäte (fi), jäämä (fi)
French: résidu (fr)
Galician: residuo (gl) m
German: Rückstand (de) m
Hungarian: üledék (hu)
Irish: dríodar m
Italian: residuo (it) m
Polish: osad (pl) m
Portuguese: resíduo (pt) m
Russian: оса́док (ru) m (osádok), отсто́й (ru) m (otstój)
Spanish: residuo (es)

(law) property or effects remaining in an estate after deduction of debts, charges and bequests

Finnish: kuolinpesän jakamaton nettovarallisuus
German: Nachlass (de) m

(mathematics) form of complex number

Chinese:
Mandarin: 留數／留数 (liúshù)
Finnish: residy
German: Residuum n
Portuguese: resíduo (pt) m
Russian: вы́чет (ru) m (výčet)
Swedish: residy (sv) c

Anagrams

diuerse, diurese, ureides

Italian

Adjective

residue f pl

feminine plural of residuo

Anagrams

suderei

Latin

Adjective

residue

vocative masculine singular of residuus