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residua

[ri-zij-oo-uhm]

re·sid·u·um

[ri-zij-oo-uhm]
noun, plural -sid·u·a [-zij-oo-uh] .
1.
the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
2.
Also, residue. Chemistry. a quantity or body of matter remaining after evaporation, combustion, distillation, etc.
3.
any residual product.
4.
Law. the residue of an estate.

Origin:
1665–75; < Latin; see residual
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Residua is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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residuum re·sid·u·um (rĭ-zĭj'&oomacr;-əm)
n. pl. re·sid·u·a (-&oomacr;-ə)
Something remaining after removal of a part; a residue.

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