residual
Plural: residuals
Noun
- A remaining part or quantity after removal.
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
- "he could retire on his residuals"
- A remainder left over at the end of some process.
- Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
- The difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest.
- A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.
Adjective
- relating to or indicating a remainder
- "residual quantity"
Adj
- Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
Examples
- Even the residual tiles in the bag can hold the key to a late-game victory in Scrabble.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
balance, remainder, residuary, residue, residuum, rest, left, left behind, left over, odd, remaining, residual
Scrabble Score: 9
residual: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordresidual: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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