Residual

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.]
     Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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).
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"