meaning of residual
1. Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.
2. The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula.
3. The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.
4. 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
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residual | residual clay | residual oil | residual soil |
