Definition of Residoal
Re*sid"u*al (r?-z?d"?-al), a.
[See Residue.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a
part is taken.
Residual air (Physiol.), that portion
of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the
most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic
inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental.
-- Residual error. (Mensuration) See
Error, 6 (b). -- Residual
figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a
less figure has been taken from a greater one. --
Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent
magnetism. See under Remanent. -- Residual
product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton
mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. -- Residual
quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two
parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b.
-- Residual root (Alg.), the root of a
residual quantity, as √(a-b).
Re*sid"u*al, n. (Math.)
(a) The difference of the results obtained by
observation, and by computation from a formula.
(b) The difference between the mean of several
observations and any one of them.
Re*sid"u*al (r?-z?d"?-al), a.
[See Residue.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a
part is taken.
Residual air (Physiol.), that portion
of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the
most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic
inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental.
-- Residual error. (Mensuration) See
Error, 6 (b). -- Residual
figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a
less figure has been taken from a greater one. --
Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent
magnetism. See under Remanent. -- Residual
product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton
mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. -- Residual
quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two
parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b.
-- Residual root (Alg.), the root of a
residual quantity, as √(a-b).
Re*sid"u*al, n. (Math.)
(a) The difference of the results obtained by
observation, and by computation from a formula.
(b) The difference between the mean of several
observations and any one of them.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of, relating to, or remaining as a residue
- a remainder left over at the end of some process
- (in plural) payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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