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Meanings of residuum in English

Portuguese
resíduo
Catalan
romanalla
Spanish
restante

Something left after other parts have been taken away.

resíduo
Usage of residuum in English
1
We judge the quality and value of that life by the residuum.
The Crown of Thorns: A Token for the Sorrowing
2
Political economy therein spies a detritus, social philosophy there beholds a residuum.
Les Misérables
3
This old residuum, this new material, is not yet capable of art.
Heart of Man
4
There is ever, even after the best explanations, a residuum of the unexplained.
The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities
5
After elimination of all verbiage, this fact was the only residuum.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I
6
That residuum was very much larger fifty years ago than it is now.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
7
The soil!-theresiduum of the rocks, the ashes of the mountains.
Time and Change
8
What is the residuum which you condescend to leave to your genuine Christianity?
The Eclipse of Faith; Or, A Visit to a Religious Sceptic
9
Voters are merely the residuum of democratic scrutiny of power.
The Guardian
10
The finest woods make the best fire and pass away with the least residuum.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
11
Between the two tribes is the residuum of old hostilities.
The Land of Little Rain
12
We have tried the butter made our way, and there was scarcely any residuum.
Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money We Made by It
13
To us there seems to be no residuum of this long piece of dialectics.
Parmenides
14
By one set of tests this residuum is unexpectedly small.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
15
But then, if you explain everything away like that, there is no residuum left.
The Green Carnation
16
Never deposit residuum or exhausted material from water-feed machines in sewer-pipes or near inflammable material.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use / A Practica...
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