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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESID'UAL, a. Remaining after a part is taken.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity" [syn: residual, residuary] n
1: something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest]
2: (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"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin residuum residue Date: 1557 1. remainder, residuum: as a. the difference between results obtained by observation and by computation from a formula or between the mean of several observations and any one of them b. a residual product or substance c. an internal aftereffect of experience or activity that influences later behavior; especially a disability remaining from a disease or operation 2. a payment (as to an actor or writer) for each rerun after an initial showing (as of a TV show) II. adjective Date: 1570 1. of, relating to, or constituting a residue 2. leaving a residue that remains effective for some time <a residual pesticide> • residually adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 remaining; left as a residue or residuum. 2 Math. resulting from subtraction. 3 (in calculation) still unaccounted for or not eliminated. --n. 1 a quantity left over or Math. resulting from subtraction. 2 an error in calculation not accounted for or eliminated. Derivatives: residually adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Residual is used to describe what remains of something when most of it has gone. ...residual radiation from nuclear weapons testing... ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Remaining.