noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɹɛzɪdjuː/without the yod-coalescence
[ˈɹɛzɪdjʊu̯]without the yod-coalescence
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/ˈɹɛzɪd͡ʒuː/yod-coalescence
[ˈɹɛzɪd͡ʒʊu̯]yod-coalescence
General-American:/ˈɹɛzɪduː/
General-American:[ˈɹɛzɪdʊu̯]
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1
noun
Meaning 1
That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 2
The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: modular arithmetic
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Meaning 6
A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: complex-analysis, mathematics, sciences
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Meaning 7
something left after other parts have been taken away
From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“to remain behind”). Doublet of residuum.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
qalıq
— whatever remains
Bulgarian:
остатък
(ostatǎk)
— whatever remains
Catalan:
residu
— whatever remains
Chinese Mandarin:
殘餘 /残余
(cányú)
— whatever remains
