residual: Meaning and Definition of

re•sid•u•al

1. pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
2. a residual quantity.
1. formed by the subtraction of one quantity from another:a residual quantity.
2. (of a set) having complement of first category.
3. of or pertaining to the payment of residuals.
4. remaining in an organ or part following normal discharge or expulsion: residual air.
5. remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved: residual soil.

1. a residual quantity; remainder.
2. Often,something that remains to discomfort or disable a person following an illness, injury, operation, or the like; disability: His residuals are a weak heart and light-headedness.
1. the deviation of one of a set of observations or numbers from the mean of the set.
2. the deviation between an empirical and a theoretical result.
4. a slight deviation of an adjusted compass on a certain heading.
5. Usually,additional pay given to a performer for reruns, repeated use of a film, radio or TV commercial, or the like, in which the performer appears.