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Something left after other parts have been taken away
Answer for the clue "Something left after other parts have been taken away ", 8 letters:
residuum
Word definitions for residuum in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The residue, remainder or rest of something 2 (context chemistry English) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue. 3 (context fuzzy logic English) A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Residuum is commonly used to refer to the soil and subsoil that forms as the result of long weathering over carbonate rocks ( limestone and dolomite ) bedrock . The term is more specific than regolith , which refers to all unconsolidated material, including ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. ``I think so,'' is the whole residuum . . . after ...
Usage examples of residuum.
We do know that the pineal is a residuum of the single eye that our very remote sea-going ancestors had in the center of their fishy foreheads.
Romanae quieti edictali programmate duodecim capitibus sicut jus civile legitur institutum in aevum servanda conscripsimus, quae custodita residuum jus non debilitare, sed potius corroborare videantur.
It is difficult for one not predisposed toward the occult and even strongly prejudiced against it to deny in alleged spiritistic phenomena a challenging residuum which may in the end compel far-reaching modifications in the conclusions both of science and psychology.
The eye is aware of darkness as a base capable of receiving any colour not yet seen against it: so the Mind, putting aside all attributes perceptible to sense--all that corresponds to light--comes upon a residuum which it cannot bring under determination: it is thus in the state of the eye which, when directed towards darkness, has become in some way identical with the object of its spurious vision.
Congress, there is a residuum of power in the state to make laws governing matters of local concern which nevertheless in some measure affect interstate commerce or even, to some extent, regulate it.
But this content is indicated only in a representation that posits itself as such, and that which is signified resides, without residuum and without opacity, within the representation of the sign.
Ina and Anna, the residua of our mistakenly aggressive approach, were still on the ward, slowly returning to their cradling dementia.
No DNA residua, nothing left behind at the scene, not a goddamn thing.
Now the way they solved their riddle was by delegating and giving over jealously specified sovereign powers and doing all that was possible to retain the residuum.
The finest woods make the best fire and pass away with the least residuum.
Elsewhere, in various quarters of the globe, there may be sterile rocks, but there are none so adamant as to be altogether unfurrowed by the filaments engendered in the moist residuum of the condensed vapor.
Dopo un poco potemmo scorgerli, nella scarsa luce residua, correre qua e là torcendosi le mani come in preda alla disperazione, poi tornavano a sedersi nella barca per riposarsi, indi riprendevano a vagare su e giù per la spiaggia.