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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
residuum /rɪˈzɪdjʊəm/

▶noun (pl. residua /-djʊə/)

1 technical a chemical residue.

2 Sociology a class of society that is unemployed and without privileges or opportunities.

– origin C17: from L., neut. of residuus, residere ‘to remain’.

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residua - residue

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