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English Dictionary: residual	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
residual adj relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity" Synonym(s): residual, residuary n 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" Synonym(s): remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest (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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Residual \Resid"ual\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Residual \Resid"ual\ (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).