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residua

9.1

Parts left after a process or event

noun
/rɪˈzɪdʒuə/

: residuos

The researcher examined the chemical residua left behind after the experiment.

Examples

The environmental report discussed the residua that remained in the water after the filtration process.
However, survivors who completed and returned a survey were significantly less likely to have experienced a relapse (11 percent compared with 19 percent) and to have cognitive residua as a result of their cancer treatment (7 percent compared with 18 percent).

Academic text (2001)
After the meal, there were only some crumbs and other residua left on the plate.

Synonyms

remnant

vsresidua

104 4.2

A small piece, often cloth, left when the rest is used or thrown away

covers multiple remaining parts without implying small size

remains

vsresidua

86 3.6

Things left after the rest is used, eaten, or taken away

focuses on multiple leftover parts or substances after a process

remainder

vsresidua

74 2.7

The part left after the other parts are used or removed

is used as plural to mean several such remaining parts

residual

vsresidua

1 6.0

A part left after the main part is used

names multiple remaining parts as a noun rather than describing them

residuum

vsresidua

1 9.9

A part that remains after the main parts are removed or used

is the plural form meaning multiple such remaining parts

Surface Forms

residua plural

Morphology

residua = residuum (transparent) = residuum + a

This sense explicitly names 'residua' as the plural of 'residuum', so the morphological relation and plural meaning are directly stated.

Etymology

Residua is the plural of residuum and comes from old Latin re- 'back' and sidere 'to sit', so it means 'left behind'. That's why residua are the remaining parts or substances you find after a process or event.