• (n.) That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/residuum/
Synonym: residue. ... Origin: L. Ntr. Of residuus, left behind, remaining, fr. Re-sideo, to sit back, remain behind ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Re·sid'u·um noun [ Latin 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 evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/60