Adjective residual has 1 sense
- residual, residuary - relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity"
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Noun residual has 2 senses
- remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest - 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"
--1 is a kind of part, portion, component part, component
--1 has particulars: leftover, remnant
- residual - (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; "he could retire on his residuals"
--2 is a kind of payment
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