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re⋅sid⋅u⋅al

  [ri-zij-oo-uhl]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
2. Mathematics.
a. formed by the subtraction of one quantity from another: a residual quantity.
b. (of a set) having complement of first category.
3. of or pertaining to the payment of residuals.
4. Medicine/Medical. remaining in an organ or part following normal discharge or expulsion: residual air.
5. Geology. remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved: residual soil.
–noun
6. a residual quantity; remainder.
7. Often, residuals. something that remains to discomfort or disable a person following an illness, injury, operation, or the like; disability: His residuals are a weak heart and light-headedness.
8. Mathematics.
a. the deviation of one of a set of observations or numbers from the mean of the set.
b. the deviation between an empirical and a theoretical result.
9. Navigation. a slight deviation of an adjusted compass on a certain heading.
10. Usually, residuals. additional pay given to a performer for reruns, repeated use of a film, radio or TV commercial, or the like, in which the performer appears.
Origin:
1550–60; < L residu(um) what is left over (n. use of neut. of residuus left over, equiv. to resid(ēre) to be left over, lit., remain seated (see reside ) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix) + -al 1

Synonyms:
1. continuing, lasting, enduring, lingering.
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re·sid·u·al   (rĭ-zĭj'ōō-əl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a residue.
  2. Remaining as a residue.
n.  
  1. The quantity left over at the end of a process; a remainder.
  2. A payment made to a performer, writer, or director for each repeat showing of a recorded television show or commercial. Often used in the plural.
re·sid'u·al·ly adv.
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Residual

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).

Residual

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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Main Entry: 1re·sid·u·al
Pronunciation: ri-'zij-(&-)w&l, -'zij-&l
Function: adjective
1 : of, relatingto, or being something that remains: as a : remaining after a disease or operation <residual paralysis> b : remaining in a body cavity after maximumnormal expulsion has occurred <residual urine> —see RESIDUAL VOLUME
2 a : leavinga residue that remains effective for some time after application <residual insecticides> b : of or relating to a residual insecticide residual spray>

Main Entry: 2residual
Function: noun
1 : an internal aftereffect of experience or activity that influences later behavior
2 : aresidual abnormality (as a scar or limp)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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residual re·sid·u·al (rĭ-zĭj'&oomacr;-əl)
adj.

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a residue.
  2. Remaining as a residue.

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