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residual
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A residual is a payment made to the creator of performance art (or the performer in the work) for subsequent showings or screenings of the (usually filmed) work. A typical use is in the payment of residuals for television reruns . The word is often used ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN income ▪ As this comment suggests, food is the major item to be paid for within the family's residual income . ▪ Next year parents whose residual income is below £11,500 will not be assessed for a contribution. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), [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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: remainder , balance , residue , residuum , rest ] (often plural) a payment that is made to ...
Usage examples of residual.
ARPA guaranteed a minimum residual radioactivity and the proper shape of the crater in which the antenna subsequently would be placed.
But where pollutants from humanplayer stay in pool, use chlorine donor to obtain efficient disinfectant residual: Sodium Hypochlorite dispensed via automatic dosing pump.
Chances are we would retain a residual naval and air presence in Bahrain and Qatar, which are much less problematic because the people generally welcome U.
Then she lightly touches the tip of her tongue between thumb and forefinger, as though to pluck off a bit of tobacco, a residual gesture from some earlier time when she smoked unfiltered cigarettes.
The morning sun, through the smog and residual aeroplankton, cast an amber glow about him.
Chances are we would retain a residual naval and air presence in Bahrain and Qatar, which are much less problematic because the people generally welcome U.
But any residual doubt Calli had as to the identity of the male that rode in the lead was removed by the respectful, almost reverent way the group was received.
Was it merely spite at some kind of residual Catharism that led to this crucial trial, or was it a symptom of the fear that Languedocian women instilled in the sex-obsessed Inquisitors?
In June, when native Milwaukeeans were digging themselves out of their six-month winter hibernationand residual cabin feverthe city cut loose with fireworks.
Historically, this tradition traces to the fact that the royal prerogative was residual power, that the monarch was first on the ground, that the other powers of government were off-shoots from monarchical power.
If I do not use enough, the subcortex will retain vague residual images, which under the influence of external stimuli might one day fuse to form specific memories.
The longer he was in the Guild, the more he understood that he and perhaps Kinowin were among the very few Whites who could sense residual chaos.
Hindu and Buddhist contemplatives, on the contrary, claim that even the most sublime contemplative states may be sustained for hours or even days on end and their residual effects may be permanent.
Even those creatures closest to the center of the area between the arms felt the residual heat, and on that shimmering air was brought the tingles of promised power, the itchy anxiety to go out and kill.
Above his head the conveyor belt carrying the gravel ran smoothly, but the residual heat from the driers made it unbearably hot.