residual adj : relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity" [syn: 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, 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"

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.

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).

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