residue
That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elementsThat which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
» Tom had gunshot residue on his hands.
Tom hatte Schmauchspuren an den Händen.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
(countable, uncountable)The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
Rückstand, Überrest
оса́докosádok, отсто́йotstój, оста́токostátok
matter that remains after something has been removed
(countable, uncountable)A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
(countable, uncountable)Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
Nachlass
something left after other parts have been taken away
(countable, uncountable)A representative element of an equivalence class modulo some base, conventionally in the half-open interval from zero to the base; the nonnegative remainder after dividing a number by a base.
(countable, uncountable)A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
Residuum
вы́четvýčet
Examples
34 sentencesTom had gunshot residue on his hands.
deTom hatte Schmauchspuren an den Händen.
They found gunshot residue on the victim's hand.
deMan fand Schussrückstände an der Hand des Opfers.
The forensic technician found gunshot residue on the victim's hand.
ruКриминалист обнаружил следы пороха на руке жертвы.
deDer Kriminaltechniker fand an der Hand des Opfers Schussrückstände.
There was gunshot residue on Tom's jacket.
deAn Toms Jacke befanden sich Schussrückstände.
Gunshot residue was found on Tom's hands.
deAn Toms Händen wurden Schussrückstände gefunden.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuFrom Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“to remain behind”). Doublet of residuum.
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Forms
plural: residuesSynonyms
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16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable