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RESIDUUM
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Irregular inflected form: residua
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something left after other parts have been taken away
Example:
he took what he wanted and I got the balance
Synonyms:
balance; remainder; residual; residue; residuum; rest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("residuum" is a kind of...):
component; component part; constituent; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residuum"):
leftover; remnant (a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists)
