residue
That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
Other meanings
The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
Kinds of residue
- crackling
- ash
- cotton cake
- spent grain
Related words
- agroresidue
- interresidue
- intraresidue
- microresidue
- multiresidue
- phosphoresidue
- residueless
- diresidue
- rest and residue
- nonresidue
- quadratic residue
- residual
Word history
From Latin "residuum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “residue” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.