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residual

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Adjective, Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

residuala. [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 .
residualn. 
     The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

residual, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 remaining; left as a residue or residuum.
2 Math. resulting from subtraction.
3 (in calculation) still unaccounted for or not eliminated.
--n.
1 a quantity left over or Math. resulting from subtraction.
2 an error in calculation not accounted for or eliminated.

Derivative
residually adv.

ROGET THESAURUS

residual

Remainder

N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.


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