Residual
[ ri-zij-oo-uhl ]
adjective
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pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
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Mathematics.
a residual quantity.
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of or relating to the payment of residuals.
noun
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a residual quantity; remainder.
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Often residuals.
His residuals are a weak heart and light-headedness.
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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.
"formed by subtraction of one quantity from another, of or like a residuum," 1560s, from residue + -al (1), or from French résiduel, from Latin residuum "that which is left behind." By c. 1600 as "remaining, left over."