residuum
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9.9
- noun
- /rɪˈzɪdjuːəm/
:
residuo
- The approximate CSAR derived from this measurement determines the relative tissue mass of the residuum.
- residuum tissue
- residuum length
- residuum surface
Examples
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The set of 3-D points selected in this manner lies on the surface of the scanned residuum.
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In our experiments, there has always remained, in the last analysis, this residuum we could not resolve.
Academic text (1992) -
All the religions have found it possible to talk of this residuum of incomprehensibility only in metaphors and stories.
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And finally, the ability to choose whether and how to interact with the community in which one ends up means college students and military personnel retain a significant residuum of voluntary choice: whether to engage with the community where they find themselves.
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Since the 3-D residuum surface scanner was designed for capturing the human residuum, the scan volume is limited (approximately a 33 cm cube).
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Anatomic 3-D computer graphics reconstruction of a residuum surface, recorded with the OSS imaging system, is used for visualization and measurement.
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The stress field in the residuum within a loaded prosthetic socket has, in general, lower shear and higher hydrostatic stresses.
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Prosthetists, in principle, can modify socket designs more quantitatively based on the bone location and orientation within the residuum, as well as the thickness and stiffness of the residuum soft tissue.
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Laboratory tests have shown the OSS to be repeatable and precise when capturing the surface of the subject's residuum and plaster positive casts thereof when compared to caliper measurements and other measuring methods.
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After the process, there was a significant residuum left in the filter that needed to be disposed of.
Synonyms
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1.0
The part that is left after the others are taken
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4.1
A small amount left on something after most is removed
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4.2
A small piece, often cloth, left when the rest is used or thrown away
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3.6
Things left after the rest is used, eaten, or taken away
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2.7
The part left after the other parts are used or removed
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3.9
The part left after most has been used or taken
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6.0
A part left after the main part is used
Parts left after a process or event
Small pieces of food and other things left after people eat or use them
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word residuum comes from Latin re- ('back') and sidere ('to sit'), so it originally meant something that 'stays behind', and you can see the same idea in the English words reside and residue. That's why residuum means the part left over after the main parts are removed.