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English
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”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
- Bulgarian: остатъчен (ostatǎčen)
- Catalan: residual
- Dutch: overgebleven (nl), residuair (nl)
- Finnish: jäännös-, jälki- (fi)
- French: résiduel (fr), résiduelle (fr)
- German: verbleibend (de), übrigbleibend (de), restlich (de), übrig (de)
- Greek: υπολειμματικός (el) (ypoleimmatikós)
- Hebrew: שיורי m, שיורית f, שיוריות f pl, שיוריים m pl
- Hungarian: megmaradó (hu), megmaradt (hu), maradék (hu) (attributive noun)
- Italian: residuo (it), residuato (it), rimasto (it)
- Russian: оста́точный (ru) (ostátočnyj)
- Spanish: residual (es)
- Swedish: kvarvarande (sv), resterande (sv), överbliven (sv), återstående (sv)
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Noun
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, →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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a remainder left over at the end of some process
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Galician
Adjective
residual m or f (plural residuais)
- residual
Portuguese
Etymology
From resíduo + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.zi.duˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdwaw/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.zi.duˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdwaw/
Adjective
residual m or f (plural residuais)
- residual
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /resiˈdwal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: re‧si‧dual
Adjective
residual m or f (masculine and feminine plural residuales)
- residual
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