residual

Recorded since 1570. From residue, itself from Old French residu (Modern résidu), from Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of resideō (“I remain behind”) (from re- (“back, again”) + sedeō (“I sit, I reside”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪdjʊəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɨˈzɪ.dʒu.əl/, /ɹɨˈzɪ.dʒə.wəl/

residual (not comparable)

1. 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.

• residuary

residual (plural residuals)

1. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
2. (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
3. (statistics) the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest
4. (paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.

• pseudoresidual

residual m or f (plural residuais)

1. residual

• IPA^(key): /resiˈdwal/, [resiˈðwal]

residual (plural residuales)

1. residual

• aguas residuales

• residuo

• “residual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.