Definition of Residuals

1. Noun. (plural of residual) ¹

2. Noun. The payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Residuals

1. residual [n] - See also: residual

Lexicographical Neighbors of Residuals

residual cleft
residual cyst
residual error
residual inhibition
residual inhibitor
residual lumen
residual oil
residual ovary syndrome
residual ridge
residual risk
residual schizophrenia
residual soil
residual urine
residual volume
residually
residuals (current term)
residuary
residuary estate
residuary estates
residuated
residuation
residue
residueless
residues
residuosity
residuous
residuum
residuums
resift

Literary usage of Residuals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"An item of importance is the sale of residuals, particularly in the case of companies manufacturing coal gas ; the residuals recovered in the manufacture of ..."

2. Practical Least Squares by Ora Miner Leland (1921)
"residuals (v). The difference between an observed value of a quantity and the adopted one is known as the residual of that observation. ..."

3. Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College by Harvard College Observatory (1895)
"The first two columns give the Julian Day and the residuals of all the stars not standard ... The third column gives the same residuals after correction. ..."

4. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1892)
"The residuals of some of Prof. HALL'S measures have already been printed with ... For this reason as well as to keep these residuals together they have been ..."

5. Geodesy: Including Astronomical Observations, Gravity Measurements, and by George Leonard Hosmer (1919)
"Errors and residuals. It now becomes necessary to distinguish between errors and residuals. The error is the difference between any measured value and the ..."

6. Geodesy: Including Astronomical Observations, Gravity Measurements, and by George Leonard Hosmer (1919)
"Errors and residuals. It now becomes necessary to distinguish between errors and residuals. The error is the difference between any measured value and the ..."

7. Circularby Edward Charles Pickering, Harlow Shapley, Harvard College Observatory by Edward Charles Pickering, Harlow Shapley, Harvard College Observatory (1917)
"If the total number is even, and m of the residuals are assumed to be less than the two middle ... Thus, suppose we have five residuals whose value is 7. ..."

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