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    Residual

    Definitions

    1 | noun | something left after other parts have been taken away 2 | noun | (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 3 | adjective | relating to or indicating a remainder

    Pronunciation

    ruhz'ijoouhl (IPA: rəzˈɪdʒuəl)

    Hyphenation

    re-sid-u-al (8 letters | 4 syllables)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    residuals

    Synonyms

    balance | remainder | residue | residuum | rest | residuary (total: 6)

    Narrower terms

    leftover | remnant

    Broader terms

    component | component part | constituent | part | portion | payment (total: 6)

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    residuary | residues | residuum | resignal

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    residual clay | residual oil | residual soil

    Translations

    Spanish: | residual (general) | restante (general) French: | résiduel (general) | qui reste (general) | restant (general) Portuguese: | restos (general) | restante (general) German: | übrig bleibend (general) Japanese: | 残存 (common noun) | 残渣 (common noun) | 残留 (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    residual.com | residual.net | residual.org | residual.info | residual.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Leftover | TV royalty (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)