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Define the word residuum

"Residuum" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Residuum \Re*sid"u*um\ (-?m), n. [L. See Residue.]
   That which is left after any process of separation or
   purification; that which remains after certain specified
   deductions are made; residue.
   [1913 Webster]

         "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after
         evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot
         demagogue.                               --L. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]

"residuum" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

residuum
     n : something left after other parts have been taken away;
         "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he
         took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: remainder,
          balance, residual, residue, rest]
     [also: residua (pl)]