Residue
noun
Something left behind after the rest has been used, removed.
There was a sticky residue left on the table after the party.
Often appears as...
- sticky residue
- leaf residue
noun
In chemistry, it's the substance that remains after a process such as combustion or evaporation.
After burning the wood, the residue was collected for analysis.
Often appears as...
- ash residue
- combustion residue
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Technical
noun
In law, it's the part of an estate that is left over after debts and legacies have been settled.
Her will stated that the residue of her estate should be donated to charity.
Often appears as...
- estate residue
- residue of the estate
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Technical
noun
In maths, it's a number that's left over after a division operation.
By subtracting 15 from 37, a residue of 22 is obtained.
Often appears as...
- residue class
- quadratic residue
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Academic
noun
In biochemistry, it's a single unit within a larger structure such as a protein or DNA molecule.
Each amino acid residue contributes to the protein's structure.
Often appears as...
- amino acid residue
- protein residue
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Academic
noun
In computing, it's the remaining data after a processing operation.
The residue data were stored in a buffer for later use.
Often appears as...
- residue data
- processing residue
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Technical
noun
Something left behind after the rest has been used, removed.
There was a sticky residue left on the table after the party.
Often appears as...
- sticky residue
- leaf residue
noun
In chemistry, it's the substance that remains after a process such as combustion or evaporation.
After burning the wood, the residue was collected for analysis.
Often appears as...
- ash residue
- combustion residue
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In law, it's the part of an estate that is left over after debts and legacies have been settled.
Her will stated that the residue of her estate should be donated to charity.
Often appears as...
- estate residue
- residue of the estate
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
In maths, it's a number that's left over after a division operation.
By subtracting 15 from 37, a residue of 22 is obtained.
Often appears as...
- residue class
- quadratic residue
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In biochemistry, it's a single unit within a larger structure such as a protein or DNA molecule.
Each amino acid residue contributes to the protein's structure.
Often appears as...
- amino acid residue
- protein residue
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In computing, it's the remaining data after a processing operation.
The residue data were stored in a buffer for later use.
Often appears as...
- residue data
- processing residue
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Refers to actual material left behind, often visible and sometimes unwanted.
Cleaning the pan, I scrubbed off the oily residue.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While often undesirable, residue can also be valuable or neutral.
The residue in the bottom of my coffee cup had a robust aroma.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Its meaning can change slightly depending on what it's referring to.
The geologists examined the mineral residue at the site.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Refers to actual material left behind, often visible and sometimes unwanted.
Cleaning the pan, I scrubbed off the oily residue.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While often undesirable, residue can also be valuable or neutral.
The residue in the bottom of my coffee cup had a robust aroma.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Its meaning can change slightly depending on what it's referring to.
The geologists examined the mineral residue at the site.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Refers to actual material left behind, often visible and sometimes unwanted.
Cleaning the pan, I scrubbed off the oily residue.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While often undesirable, residue can also be valuable or neutral.
The residue in the bottom of my coffee cup had a robust aroma.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Its meaning can change slightly depending on what it's referring to.
The geologists examined the mineral residue at the site.
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Reimagining Dinosaurs...
they get these methods evolve really fast we get better instruments and i feel like that is helping a lot to sort of like move um the understanding of what preserves in fossils in in deep time from looking only at you know like individual case studies where we have the interesting preservation of i don't know let's say protein residues and one
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How do dogs "see" with...
is that it can traverse time. The past appears in tracks left by passersby, and by the warmth of a recently parked car where the residue of where you've been and what you've done recently. Landmarks like fire hydrants and trees are aromatic bulletin boards carrying messages of who's been by, what they've been eating,
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Your body language may...
How good is it? What are their qualifications? No effect on those things. This is what's affected. These kinds of things. People are bringing their true selves, basically. They're bringing themselves. They bring their ideas, but as themselves, with no, you know, residue over them.
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Want to be more...
practice didn't help. But these same people who were sitting and then went on the treadmill got a boost from walking. Here's the interesting thing. The people who were walking on the treadmill still had a residue effect of the walking, and they were still creative afterwards.
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The dangers of...
and we got that volunteer to then shake hands with a colleague and then that colleague got on with his day-to-day activities and what we observed was that that colleague not only had gunshot residue on them he hadn't fired a gun but he was also able to transfer that
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How Biochar Removes CO2...
In Africa alone, we estimate that half a billion tonnes of agricultural residues are available to produce biochar. That means about the same amount of CO2 being removed every year from the atmosphere, and there are many more billion tonnes in the rest of the world.
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The danger of silence PIPE...
We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't. Silence is the residue of fear. It is feeling your flaws gut-wrench guillotine your tongue. It is the air retreating from your chest
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Al Gore: How to make...
We're relying on dead plants and animals, leaving their residue in the atmosphere to threaten the species that are still alive, and 50 percent of them are in danger of extinction in this century. And as we push into previously wild areas of the world,
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Ghosts: Is It Real? PIPE...
past some sort of psychic residue like a looped videotape of a moment in time this kind of haunting seems to have no will of its own and does not interact with the living a third type is called a crisis apparition when the dead are said
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A brief history of...
where residue in clay pots has revealed that people were making an alcoholic beverage from fermented rice, millet, grapes, and honey. Within a few thousand years, cultures all over the world were fermenting their own drinks.
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs...
they get these methods evolve really fast we get better instruments and i feel like that is helping a lot to sort of like move um the understanding of what preserves in fossils in in deep time from looking only at you know like individual case studies where we have the interesting preservation of i don't know let's say protein residues and one
Video examples
How do dogs "see" with...
is that it can traverse time. The past appears in tracks left by passersby, and by the warmth of a recently parked car where the residue of where you've been and what you've done recently. Landmarks like fire hydrants and trees are aromatic bulletin boards carrying messages of who's been by, what they've been eating,
Video examples
Your body language may...
How good is it? What are their qualifications? No effect on those things. This is what's affected. These kinds of things. People are bringing their true selves, basically. They're bringing themselves. They bring their ideas, but as themselves, with no, you know, residue over them.
Video examples
Want to be more...
practice didn't help. But these same people who were sitting and then went on the treadmill got a boost from walking. Here's the interesting thing. The people who were walking on the treadmill still had a residue effect of the walking, and they were still creative afterwards.
Video examples
The dangers of...
and we got that volunteer to then shake hands with a colleague and then that colleague got on with his day-to-day activities and what we observed was that that colleague not only had gunshot residue on them he hadn't fired a gun but he was also able to transfer that
Video examples
How Biochar Removes CO2...
In Africa alone, we estimate that half a billion tonnes of agricultural residues are available to produce biochar. That means about the same amount of CO2 being removed every year from the atmosphere, and there are many more billion tonnes in the rest of the world.
Video examples
The danger of silence PIPE...
We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't. Silence is the residue of fear. It is feeling your flaws gut-wrench guillotine your tongue. It is the air retreating from your chest
Video examples
Al Gore: How to make...
We're relying on dead plants and animals, leaving their residue in the atmosphere to threaten the species that are still alive, and 50 percent of them are in danger of extinction in this century. And as we push into previously wild areas of the world,
Video examples
Ghosts: Is It Real? PIPE...
past some sort of psychic residue like a looped videotape of a moment in time this kind of haunting seems to have no will of its own and does not interact with the living a third type is called a crisis apparition when the dead are said
Video examples
A brief history of...
where residue in clay pots has revealed that people were making an alcoholic beverage from fermented rice, millet, grapes, and honey. Within a few thousand years, cultures all over the world were fermenting their own drinks.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
If it's a very emotional scene, you're kind of relieved when you've done it, kind of spent. And there are times when you can be rattled, certain characters if they're hyper, that can carry over, the residue of that. But I try to leave it on the set.
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Jackie Gleason
American Actor
Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos.
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Cesar Chavez
American Activist
What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach.
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell
American Actress
There's still a really divisive residue in our nation that's called racism and prejudice and oppression and sexism.
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John Updike
American Novelist
My life is, in a sense, trash. My life is only that of which the residue is my writing.
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Zak Bagans
American Author
When you ghost hunt, you kind of time travel: you get that residue of the past.
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Joel Edgerton
Australian Actor
Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.
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Jack Youngblood
American Athlete
Good luck is a residue of preparation.
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Clint Smith
American Writer
Silence is the residue of fear.
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Branch Rickey
American Athlete
Luck is the residue of design.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
If it's a very emotional scene, you're kind of relieved when you've done it, kind of spent. And there are times when you can be rattled, certain characters if they're hyper, that can carry over, the residue of that. But I try to leave it on the set.
Quote examples
Jackie Gleason
American Actor
Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos.
Quote examples
Cesar Chavez
American Activist
What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach.
Quote examples
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
American Actress
There's still a really divisive residue in our nation that's called racism and prejudice and oppression and sexism.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
My life is, in a sense, trash. My life is only that of which the residue is my writing.
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Zak Bagans
American Author
When you ghost hunt, you kind of time travel: you get that residue of the past.
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Joel Edgerton
Australian Actor
Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.
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Jack Youngblood
American Athlete
Good luck is a residue of preparation.
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Clint Smith
American Writer
Silence is the residue of fear.
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Branch Rickey
American Athlete
Luck is the residue of design.
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