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residual en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.u.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd.jʊəl/ non-yod-coalescence
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.əl/ yod-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd.jəl/ non-yod-coalescence
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ɹə-/ (General-American)
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ʊəl/ yod-coalescence

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”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
    • Abolitionists argued that race had no place in a free and democratic society as a dividing line. Economic and social policies and practices, they argued, should be race-neutral and egalitarian. Yet despite these racially egalitarian values, much abolitionist rhetoric exhibited a strong residual commitment to racialist thinking and a palpable devotion to white supremacy. 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 59:
    • Yet certain films leave a residual memory—such as Psycho: many people still feel uneasy showering in a motel bathroom. 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 185:

Deriveds

residual air · residual haunting · residual-current device · nonresidual · residual alkalinity · residualise · residual waste · intraresidual · residual sum of squares · residually · residual volume · residual stress · residual power · coresidual · residuality · residual risk · interresidual

Hyponyms

unused · uneaten · surviving · nett · net · sedimentaceous · unconsumed

Relateds

remainder

Synonyms

odd · left · residuary · remaining · left over · left behind · residual

Translations (25)

fi jälki- (concerning a residue) · sv kvarvarande (concerning a residue) · hu megmaradó (concerning a residue) · el υπολειμματικός (concerning a residue) · sv överbliven (concerning a residue) · hu maradék (concerning a residue) · hu megmaradt (concerning a residue) · de übrig (concerning a residue) · sv resterande (concerning a residue) · de verbleibend (concerning a residue) · fi jäännös- (concerning a residue) · it rimasto (concerning a residue) · de übrigbleibend (concerning a residue) · ca residual (concerning a residue) · nl residuair (concerning a residue) · he שיורי (concerning a residue) · it residuato (concerning a residue) · fr résiduel (concerning a residue) · bg остатъчен (concerning a residue) · ru оста́точный (concerning a residue) · it residuo (concerning a residue) · nl overgebleven (concerning a residue) · de restlich (concerning a residue) · sv återstående (concerning a residue) · es residual (concerning a residue)

residual en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.u.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd.jʊəl/ non-yod-coalescence
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.əl/ yod-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd.jəl/ non-yod-coalescence
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ɹə-/ (General-American)
  • /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ʊəl/ yod-coalescence

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”).

Meanings

  1. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
  2. (in-plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
    • Because, despite his very small role as shark victim Alex Kintner when he was 12, Voorhees is still being paid residuals – royalties – 50 years later. Every time Jaws is on TV, he earns money. […] “It pays to die,” is how he put it in a recent interview with Syfy. 2025 August 18, “‘You’re gonna need a bigger bank account’: how a Jaws child actor turned a fleeting appearance into a fortune”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • The tentative deal announced this week by the Writers Guild of America includes many industry-specific aspects, such as the size of writers’ rooms and improved residuals for streaming. 2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Want to Save Your Job From A.I.? Hollywood Screenwriters Just Showed You How.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  3. The difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest.
  4. (qualifier:paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.

Forms

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Deriveds

pseudoresidual

Translations (13)

ca residu (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · bg остатък (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · fi uusintapalkkio (payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated) · nl overblijfsel (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · fi jäännös (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · ka ჰონორარი განმეორებითი ჩვენებისთვის (payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated) · ka განმეორებითი ჩვენების ჰონორარი (payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated) · ru оста́ток (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · nl residu (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · ka ანაზღაურება განმეორებითი ჩვენებისთვის (payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated) · ga fuílleach (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · nl restant (a remainder left over at the end of some process) · nl restproduct (a remainder left over at the end of some process)