Residuum
noun
The part that is left after the main part has gone or been taken away.
After the evaporation process, a small residuum was left in the container.
Often appears as...
- small residuum
- residuum left
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Formal
Academic
noun
The remaining part of an estate that the testator (the person who makes a will) can dispose of as he or she wishes.
The residuum of my estate I give and bequeath to my son.
Often appears as...
- residuum of estate
- bequeath residuum
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Formal
Legal
noun
The part that is left after the main part has gone or been taken away.
After the evaporation process, a small residuum was left in the container.
Often appears as...
- small residuum
- residuum left
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The remaining part of an estate that the testator (the person who makes a will) can dispose of as he or she wishes.
The residuum of my estate I give and bequeath to my son.
Often appears as...
- residuum of estate
- bequeath residuum
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
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Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Main Part
The word 'residuum' focuses on what remains after the most significant or larger portion is removed.
The experiment's residuum could hold the key to our findings.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Remnants
Refers to the physical leftover of something, can be tangible like sediment or debris.
Cleaning the ancient vase, we noticed a residuum of dust inside.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Usage
Mostly used in academic or formal texts, not common in everyday conversations.
The residuum in the reactor was preserved for further analysis.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Main Part
The word 'residuum' focuses on what remains after the most significant or larger portion is removed.
The experiment's residuum could hold the key to our findings.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Remnants
Refers to the physical leftover of something, can be tangible like sediment or debris.
Cleaning the ancient vase, we noticed a residuum of dust inside.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Usage
Mostly used in academic or formal texts, not common in everyday conversations.
The residuum in the reactor was preserved for further analysis.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Main Part
The word 'residuum' focuses on what remains after the most significant or larger portion is removed.
The experiment's residuum could hold the key to our findings.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Remnants
Refers to the physical leftover of something, can be tangible like sediment or debris.
Cleaning the ancient vase, we noticed a residuum of dust inside.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Usage
Mostly used in academic or formal texts, not common in everyday conversations.
The residuum in the reactor was preserved for further analysis.
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How we'll become cyborgs...
relating information on the muscle tendon's length, speed and force. This is how muscle tendon proprioception works, and it's the primary way we, as humans, can feel and sense the positions, movements and forces on our limbs. When a limb is amputated, the surgeon connects these opposing muscles within the residuum
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Making Artificial Limbs...
behind designing for comfort. So, on the left is a fit-socket, which is an array of indentors in which the person inserts their residuum to capture experimental data of force, displacement and time so we can use it to characterize the model of the person's body.
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How we'll become cyborgs...
relating information on the muscle tendon's length, speed and force. This is how muscle tendon proprioception works, and it's the primary way we, as humans, can feel and sense the positions, movements and forces on our limbs. When a limb is amputated, the surgeon connects these opposing muscles within the residuum
Video examples
Making Artificial Limbs...
behind designing for comfort. So, on the left is a fit-socket, which is an array of indentors in which the person inserts their residuum to capture experimental data of force, displacement and time so we can use it to characterize the model of the person's body.
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Albert J. Nock
American Philosopher
Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
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Albert J. Nock
American Philosopher
Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten.
Quote examples
James Baldwin
American Novelist
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
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