different between residue vs glaucous

English

Etymology

From Middle English residue, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from reside? (“I remain behind”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?du?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?dju?/

Noun

residue (countable and uncountable, plural residues)

1. Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
2. (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
3. (biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
4. (law) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
5. (mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.

Synonyms

• (whatever remains): lave, remnant; See also Thesaurus:remainder

Derived terms

Related terms

• residuum

Translations

Anagrams

• diuerse, diurese, ureides

Italian

Adjective

residue f pl

1. feminine plural of residuo

Anagrams

• suderei

Latin

Adjective

residue

1. vocative masculine singular of residuus

English

Etymology

From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”), 1670s. See Irish glas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l??.k?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l?.k?s/, /??l?.k?s/
• Rhymes: -??k?s

Adjective

glaucous (comparative more glaucous, superlative most glaucous)

1. (color) Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
2. (botany) Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.

Derived terms

• glaucous gull
• glaucous sedge
• glaucous-winged gull

Related terms

• glaucescent
• glaucoma
• glauconite
• subglaucous

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References