Residuum

Quick meaning: Residuum is a noun meaning The residue, remainder or rest of something.

Meaning

The residue, remainder or rest of something.

More Meanings

1. (chemistry) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
2. (law) The residue of an estate.
3. (fuzzy logic) 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.

Example Sentences

The residuum of the minimum t-norm is a function #92;rightarrow such that x#92;rightarrowy#61;#92;begin#123;cases#125;y,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;xgt;y#92;#92;1,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;x#92;leqslanty.#92;end#123;cases#125;

Word Forms

• residuums
• residua

Synonyms for residuum

Depending on context, synonyms include lave, remnant, rest, remainder, residual, residue.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include remainder, residual, residue, rest, remnant, by-product.

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