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Webster 1913 Edition
Residual
Re-sid′u-al
(r?-z?d′?-al)
, Adj.
[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
√(a-b)
.Re-sid′u-al
,Noun.
(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 1828 Edition
Residual
RESID'UAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
residual
residual
English
Adjective
residual (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
Synonyms
Translations
concerning a residue
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Noun
residual (plural residuals)
- A remainder left over at the end of some process.
- (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
- (statistics) the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest
Translations
a remainder left over at the end of some process
payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated