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Residual

Residual Meaning & Definition
Residual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Residual?

[n] (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing; "he could retire on his residuals"
[n] something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"
[adj] relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Residual: remainder | residuary | residue | residuum | rest

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See Also | component | component part | leftover | part | payment | portion | remnant

Residual In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b).
\Re*sid"u*al\, n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.

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