résidu — meaning in English

English meaning

• remainder noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
• residual adj Left over after most of something has gone or been used up.
• residue noun A small amount of something that remains after the main part has been used, removed, or processed.

Senses

résidu is used for these senses in English:

• residue (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.

remainder — full definition

1. noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
2. noun In arithmetic, the number left over when one number doesn't divide evenly into another.
3. noun Unsold copies of a book or other stock, later sold off cheaply.

residual — full definition

1. adj Left over after most of something has gone or been used up.
2. noun A payment made to a performer or writer when a recorded show is rebroadcast.

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