residual
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Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ʊəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪd.jʊəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.əl/, /ɹɪˈzɪd.jəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.u.əl/, /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.ə.wəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.wəl/, /ɹɪˈzɪd͡ʒ.əl/, /ɹə-/
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Adjective edit
residual (not comparable)
- 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.
- 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 59:
- 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.
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concerning a residue
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Noun edit
residual (plural residuals)
- A remainder left over at the end of some process.
- (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
- 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[1], →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.
- (statistics) The difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest.
- (paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.
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Translations edit
a remainder left over at the end of some process
payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated
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Galician edit
Adjective edit
residual m or f (plural residuais)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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- Hyphenation: re‧si‧du‧al
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residual m or f (plural residuais)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
residual m or f (masculine and feminine plural residuales)
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Further reading edit
- “residual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014