RESIDUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does residual mean? 

• RESIDUAL (noun)
  The noun RESIDUAL has 2 senses:

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

2. (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

  Familiarity information: RESIDUAL used as a noun is rare.

• RESIDUAL (adjective)
  The adjective RESIDUAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or indicating a remainder

  Familiarity information: RESIDUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESIDUAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something left after other parts have been taken away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

balance; remainder; residual; residue; residuum; rest

Context example:

he took what he wanted and I got the balance

Hypernyms ("residual" is a kind of...):

component; component part; constituent; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residual"):

leftover; remnant (a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists)

Derivation:

residual (relating to or indicating a remainder)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

he could retire on his residuals

Hypernyms ("residual" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

• RESIDUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or indicating a remainder

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

residual; residuary

Context example:

residual quantity

Pertainym:

residue (matter that remains after something has been removed)

Derivation:

residual; residue (something left after other parts have been taken away)

residue (matter that remains after something has been removed)

 Context examples 

But if there is residual liquid underneath, that ocean is not yet entirely frozen.

(Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres, NASA)

The autologous cultured AML-specific CTLs may eradicate residual AML cells.

(Autologous Cultured Acute Myeloid Leukemia-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

A young platelet that contains residual mRNA and rRNA when released from the bone marrow into the peripheral circulation as a result of thrombopoiesis.

(Immature Platelet, NCI Thesaurus)

Unexpectedly, the researchers found that, while the fat accumulation decreases after returning to a healthy diet, some residual fat remains in certain liver cells long afterwards.

(High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Causes Lasting Harmful Effects on Liver, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The act of discovery of a malignant neoplasm, and after treatment, the discovery of minimal residual disease.

(Cancer Detection, NCI Thesaurus)

Zone III is the residual crescent of retina anterior to zone II.

(Immature Retinal Vasculature in Zone 3, NICHD)

Prior to reinfusion the bone marrow is often treated to purge it of residual tumor cells.

(Autologous bone marrow transplantation, NCI Thesaurus)

These chemicals are used in much larger quantities at an everyday level, so you end up with high residual levels in the wider environment, which can induce multi-drug resistance.

(Toothpaste and Hand Wash Are Causing Antibiotic Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It may be complete, in which the individual can only perceive black, white, or shades or gray, or incomplete, in which the individual has a residual amount of color vision.

(Achromatopsia, NCI Thesaurus)

A fibrogranular network of residual structural elements within which are immersed both chromatin and ribonucleoproteins.

(Nuclear Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)