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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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  1. n. That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
  2. n. something left after other parts have been taken away
  3. That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.
  4. That which is left after any process of separation orpurification; that which remains after certain specified deductionsare made; residue."I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating theprodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.
  5. n:100 n something left after other parts have been taken away