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ALL meanings of residual

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  • adjective residual Mathematics. formed by the subtraction of one quantity from another: a residual quantity. (of a set) having complement of first category. 1
  • adjective residual of or relating to the payment of residuals. 1
  • adjective residual Medicine/Medical. remaining in an organ or part following normal discharge or expulsion: residual air. 1
  • adjective residual Geology. remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved: residual soil. 1
  • noun residual a residual quantity; remainder. 1
  • noun residual Often, residuals. something that remains to discomfort or disable a person following an illness, injury, operation, or the like; disability: His residuals are a weak heart and light-headedness. 1
  • noun residual Mathematics. the deviation of one of a set of observations or numbers from the mean of the set. the deviation between an empirical and a theoretical result. 1
  • noun residual Navigation. a slight deviation of an adjusted compass on a certain heading. 1
  • noun residual Usually, residuals. additional pay given to a performer for reruns, repeated use of a film, radio or TV commercial, or the like, in which the performer appears. 1
  • abbreviation RESIDUAL remaining 1
  • abbreviation RESIDUAL remainder 1
  • adjective residual pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover. 1
  • adjective residual Residual is used to describe what remains of something when most of it has gone. 0
  • adjective residual of, relating to, or designating a residue or remainder; remaining; left over 0
  • adjective residual (of deposits, soils, etc) formed by the weathering of pre-existing rocks and the removal of disintegrated material 0
  • adjective residual of or relating to the payment of residuals 0
  • noun residual something left over as a residue; remainder 0
  • noun residual the difference between the mean of a set of observations and one particular observation 0
  • noun residual the difference between the numerical value of one particular observation and the theoretical result 0
  • noun residual payment made to an actor, actress, musician, etc, for subsequent use of film in which the person appears 0
  • adjective residual of, or having the nature of, a residue or residuum; left over after part or most is taken away; remaining 0
  • noun residual what is left at the end of a process; something remaining 0
  • noun residual the fee paid to a performer for each rerun of filmed or taped material, as on television 0
  • noun residual monadnock 0
  • noun residual the difference between an actual value of some variable and a mean or other estimated value 0
  • adjective residual A residual amount is an amount that is left over or remains. 0
  • adjective residual Residual debt is money that remains to be paid and is still owed to someone. 0
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