residual

residual

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒʊəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪdjʊəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪdjəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪ.d͡ʒu.əl/, /ɹɪˈzɪ.d͡ʒə.wəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪ.d͡ʒwəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪ.d͡ʒəl/, /ɹə-/

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Adjective

residual (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 185:

     Yet certain films leave a residual memory—such as Psycho: many people still feel uneasy showering in a motel bathroom.

Synonyms

• residuary

Translations

concerning a residue

Bulgarian: остатъчен (ostatǎčen) Catalan: residual Dutch: overgebleven (nl), residuair (nl) Finnish: jäännös-, jälki- French: résiduel (fr), résiduelle (fr) Greek: υπολειμματικός (el) (ypoleimmatikós) Hebrew: שיורי‎ m, שיורית‎ f, שיוריות‎ f pl, שיוריים‎ m pl Italian: residuo (it), residuato (it), rimasto (it) Russian: оста́точный (ru) (ostátočnyj) Spanish: residual (es) Swedish: kvarvarande (sv), resterande (sv), överbliven (sv), återstående (sv)

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French: (please verify) résiduaire (fr)

Noun

residual (plural residuals)

1. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
2. (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
3. (statistics) the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest
4. (paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.

Derived terms

• pseudoresidual

Translations

a remainder left over at the end of some process

Bulgarian: остатък (bg) m (ostatǎk) Catalan: residu (ca) m Dutch: overblijfsel (nl) n, residu (nl) n, restant (nl) n, restproduct (nl) n Finnish: jäännös (fi) Russian: оста́ток (ru) m (ostátok)

payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated

Finnish: uusintapalkkio

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French: (please verify) restant (fr) m, (please verify) résidu (fr) m

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Galician

Adjective

residual m or f (plural residuais)

1. residual

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resiˈdwal/ [re.siˈð̞wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧si‧dual

Adjective

residual (plural residuales)

1. residual

Derived terms

• aguas residuales
• residualmente

Related terms

• residuo

Further reading

• “residual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014