2. Noun. The payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated. ¹
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Definition of Residuals
1. residual [n] - See also: residual
Lexicographical Neighbors of Residuals
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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