residuum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The residue, remainder or rest of something.
  2. The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
  3. 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.
  4. The residue of an estate.

Pronunciation

/ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ʌm/ /ɹɪ-/ /-ˈzɪ.dʒu-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-residuum.wav

Word forms

residuum residuums residua

Etymology

From Latin residuum. Doublet of residue.

Synonyms

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