residual

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1570. From residue, itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French residu (Modern résidu), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of resideō (“I remain behind”) (from re- (“back, again”) + sedeō (“I sit, I reside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪdʒʊəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪdjʊəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪdʒəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪdjəl/
• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪ.dʒu.əl/, /ɹɪˈzɪ.dʒə.wəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪ.dʒwəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪ.dʒəl/, /ɹə-/

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

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

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• French: ^{(please verify)} résiduaire (fr)
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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

• Catalan: residu (ca) m
• Dutch: overblijfsel (nl) n, residu (nl) n, restant (nl) n, restproduct n
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• 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]

Adjective

residual m or f (masculine and feminine plural residuales)

1. residual

Derived terms

• aguas residuales

Related terms

• residuo

Further reading

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