residual
pronunciation
How to pronounce residual in British English:
UK [rɪˈzɪdjuəl]
How to pronounce residual in American English:
US [rɪˈzɪdʒuəl]
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- Noun:
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- (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
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- Adjective:
- relating to or indicating a remainder
Word Origin
- residual (adj.)
- 1560s, from residue + -al (1), or from French résiduel, from Latin residuum.
- residual (n.)
- 1550s, in mathematics, from residual (adj.) or from residue + -al (2). Residuals "royalties" attested by 1960.
Example
- 1. Fourth , all residual instruments of the outgoing dictatorship should be abolished .
- 2. That left a residual value of nz $ 62 million in sanlu , mainly its physical plant .
- 3. But its decline across europe is not uniform ; in each country , the church faces a different mixture of threats and residual strengths .
- 4. As the only independent global research foundation focusing on this issue , the r3i is urgently developing recommendations for evidence-based strategies to reduce residual vascular risk .
- 5. Currently , we are conducting the first world-wide epidemiological study , realist , to establish the prevalence of atherogenic dyslipidemia and consequent residual risk of cardiovascular events .