residual

Meaning

Adj

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.

Concepts

residual

remainder

rest

residue

remaining

remnant

residuum

residuary

balance

relict

remanent

difference

surplus

left over

relic

leftover

left

remains

odds and ends

survival

junk value

recovery value

remnant value

residual error

remain

eluvium

overburden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ʊəl/

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”).

Sentences

Grime , rust and residual particles polluted the air .