residuum
UK /ɹɪˈzɪdjʊəm/ · US /ɹəˈzɪd͡ʒuəm/ noun
Forms residuums residua
- noun The residue, remainder or rest of something.
- noun (chemistry) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
- noun (fuzzy logic) A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: x→y= sup z|z*x⩽y, where * denotes the t-norm function and sup denotes the supremum. “The residuum of the minimum t-norm is a function #92;rightarrow such that x#92;rightarrowy#61;#92;begin#123;cases#125;y,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;xgt;y#92;#92;1,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;x#92;leqslanty.#92;end#123;cases#125;”
- noun (law) The residue of an estate.
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Etymology
From Latin residuum. Doublet of residue.
Webster’s 1913
- noun That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
Etymology [L. See Residue.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “residuum”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details