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residue

N ส่วนที่เหลือ  leftovers remains suan-ti-luea

 

residue

N เศษ ตกค้าง  กาก  ส่วนที่เหลือ อยู่  dregs excess sed-tok-kang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESIDUE

n.[L. residuus.] 1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed or designated.
The locusts shall eat the residue of that which has escaped. Exodus 1 :5.
The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jeremiah 15:9.
2. The balance or remainder of a debt or account.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESIDUE

Res "i *due (rz "-d ), n. Etym: [F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum. ]

 

1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

 

3. (Chem. )

 

Defn: That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

 

Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue being applied to the others.

 

4. (Theory of Numbers )

 

Defn: Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc. , are residues.

 

Syn. -- Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

residue

res i due |ˈrezəˌd (y )o͞o ˈrɛzəˌd (j )u | noun a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used. Law the part of an estate that is left after the payment of charges, debts, and bequests. a substance that remains after a process such as combustion or evaporation. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French residu, from Latin residuum something remaining (see residuum ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

residue

residue |ˈrɛzɪdjuː | noun a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used: the fine residue left after the sorting of tea | figurative : the residue of the country's colonial past. a substance that remains after a process such as combustion or evaporation. Law the part of an estate that is left after the payment of charges, debts, and bequests. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French residu, from Latin residuum something remaining (see residuum ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

residue

residue noun the residue of explosives found in the wreckage: remainder, remaining part, rest, remnant (s ); surplus, extra, excess; remains, leftovers; technical residuum.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

residue

residue noun the residue of his estate was divided equally among them: remainder, remaining part, part leftover, rest, remnant, remnants; surplus, extra, excess, balance; remains, leftovers, leavings, dregs, lees, sediment, grounds, settlings; technical residuum, precipitate, sublimate; Commerce overage.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

residue

res i due /rézɪd j ùː /名詞 C U かたく 残り, 残余 ; 〘法 〙残余財産 ; 〘化 〙残留物 ; 〘数 〙剰余 .