RESIDUUM (residua)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: residua   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does residuum mean? 

• RESIDUUM (noun)
  The noun RESIDUUM has 1 sense:

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

  Familiarity information: RESIDUUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESIDUUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something left after other parts have been taken away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

balance; remainder; residual; residue; residuum; rest

Context example:

he took what he wanted and I got the balance

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)