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 Definitions of residual  [ɪˈzɪdʒ u əl]  

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Definition of 'residual' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) residual
pertaining to or constituting a remainder; remaining; leftover.

2.  residual
of or pertaining to the payment of residuals.

3.  residual
Geol. remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved:
residual soil.

4. (n.) residual
a residual quantity; remainder.

5.  residual
Often, residuals. something that remains to discomfort or disable a person following an illness, injury, operation, or the like; disability.

6.  residual
Usu., residuals. a fee paid, as to an actor or composer, for repeated broadcasts of a film, program, commercial, etc., after its original presentation or period of use.

Etymology:  (1550–60; < L residu(um) what is left over +-uus deverbal adj. suffix) + -al1)

Definition of 'residual' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
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"

2. (adj) residual
(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"

3. (adj) residual, residuary
relating to or indicating a remainder
"residual quantity"


Definition of 'residual' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) residual
pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken

2. (noun) residual
the difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula

3. (noun) residual
the difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them


Translation of 'residual' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: what remains or is left over.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: reswaarde Arabic flag Arabic: مُتَبَقٍّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: остатъчен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: residual Czech flag Czech: zbylý German flag German: Rest-...
Danish flag Danish: rest- Greek flag Greek: υπολειμματικός Spanish flag Spanish: residual
Estonian flag Estonian: ülejäänud Farsi flag Farsi: باقی مانده؛ تفاله ای Finnish flag Finnish: jäännös-
French flag French: résiduel Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁנוֹתָר Hindi flag Hindi: बचा हुआ, शेष
Croatian flag Croatian: preostao, preostatak Hungarian flag Hungarian: megmaradó, maradék Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengenai sisa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afgangs- Italian flag Italian: residuo Japanese flag Japanese: 残りの
Korean flag Korean: 나머지의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (užsi)likęs Latvian flag Latvian: pārpalikušais; atlikušais
Malay flag Malay: baki Dutch flag Dutch: overgebleven Norwegian flag Norwegian: rest-, gjenværende
Polish flag Polish: pozostały, szczątkowy Persian flag Persian: باقی مانده؛ تفاله ای Pashto flag Pashto: پاتى شونى، باقى، پريښونى،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: residual Romanian flag Romanian: rezidual Russian flag Russian: остаточный
Slovak flag Slovak: zvyšný, zostávajúci Slovenian flag Slovenian: preostal Serbian flag Serbian: preostao
Swedish flag Swedish: överbliven, resterande Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งเหลืออยู่ Turkish flag Turkish: artık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 殘留的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: такий, що залишився після Urdu flag Urdu: باقی ماندہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc phần còn lại Chinese flag Chinese: 残留的

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