residual

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ʊəl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).

Frases

Grime , rust and residual particles polluted the air .

Grime, ferrugem e partículas residuais poluíram o ar.