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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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"  [syn: 
  {remainder},  {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" 




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