English Explanatory Dictionary

residual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
noun
  1. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
  2. Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
  3. The difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest.
  4. A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ʊəl/ /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.əl/ /ɹɪˈzɪd.jʊəl/ /ɹɪˈzɪd.jəl/ /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.u.əl/ /ɹə-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-residual.wav

Word forms

residual residuals

Etymology

Recorded since 1570. From residue, itself borrowed during the Middle English period from Old French residu (Modern French résidu), from Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of resideō (“to remain behind”), from re- (“back, again”) + sedeō (“to sit, to reside”).

Synonyms

residuary left left behind left over odd remaining residual

Related words

remainder

Derived words

coresidual interresidual intraresidual nonresidual residual air residual alkalinity residual-current device residual haunting residualise residuality residually residual power residual risk residual stress residual sum of squares residual volume residual waste pseudoresidual
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