Lexic.us

Definition of Residual

1. Adjective. Relating to or indicating a remainder. "Residual quantity"

2. Noun. Something left after other parts have been taken away. "He took what he wanted and I got the balance"

3. Noun. (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"

Definition of Residual

1. a. Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.

2. n. The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula.

Definition of Residual

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over. ¹

2. Noun. A remainder left over at the end of some process. ¹

3. Noun. (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Residual

1. something left over [n -S]

Medical Definition of Residual

1. Remaining or left behind. Origin: L. Residuus This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Residual

residential mobility residential treatment residentially residentiaries residentiary residentiaryship residentiaryships residents residentship resider

residers resides residing resids residua residual (current term) residual abscess residual affinity residual air residual capacity

residual clay residual cleft residual cyst residual error residual inhibition residual inhibitor residual lumen residual oil

Literary usage of Residual

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

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Faraday's explanation of the residual charge, and sought to account for it by ... The residual charge is due according to him to a residual polari- ••-it ii ..."

2. Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard Collegeby Harvard College Observatory by Harvard College Observatory (1901)
"3289, residual 95 rejected. Uncertain whether +25° 1901 or + 25° 1903 was observed. 8 16.14. ... On JD 8248, residual 123 rejected for discordance. 8 21.74. ..."

3. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"The residual Hearsay Exception Another hearsay exception that has been ... The residual hearsay exception could be applied in child sexual abuse cases when ..."

4. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTe (1994)
"In repetitive diving situations, these tables are supplemented by the US Navy residual Nitrogen Timetable for Repetitive Air Dives (also called the ..."

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