Residual is an English word with synonyms like residuary or component. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Residual meaning
Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
Synonyms of Residual
Using Residual
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
- Useful related words include: residuary, component, component part, portion.
- In the example corpus, residual often appears in combinations such as: the residual, of residual, any residual.
Context around Residual
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Residual
- In this selection, "residual" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chlorine, small, persistence, activity, effects and rectangle stand out and add context to how "residual" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a modest residual range of and a small residual force remains. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "residual" sits close to words such as affinity, airspace and bowman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with residual
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All the residual spookiness of the ancient Catholic Church? (9 words)
I felt a mixture of residual grief and anger. (9 words)
A small residual force remains (described below) known as the residual strong force. (13 words)
TDI Advanced Gas Blender manual The use of standard mixes makes it relatively easy to top up diving cylinders after a dive using residual mix—only helium and banked nitrox needs to be used to top up the residual gas from the last fill. (44 words)
Persistence * Residual activity: A herbicide is described as having low residual activity if it is neutralized within a short time of application (within a few weeks or months) - typically this is due to rainfall, or by reactions in the soil. (40 words)
Well 1 and Remote Location Inadequate Chlorine Residual During the inspection, the free chlorine residual, measured at Well 1 and one remote location within the distribution system, was below the minimum required level of 0.2 mg/L. (38 words)
All the residual spookiness of the ancient Catholic Church? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Well 1 and Remote Location Inadequate Chlorine Residual During the inspection, the free chlorine residual, measured at Well 1 and one remote location within the distribution system, was below the minimum required level of 0.2 mg/L.
A small residual force remains (described below) known as the residual strong force.
Persistence * Residual activity: A herbicide is described as having low residual activity if it is neutralized within a short time of application (within a few weeks or months) - typically this is due to rainfall, or by reactions in the soil.
Residual effects A nolo contendere main plea has the same immediate effects as a plea of guilty, but may have different residual effects or consequences in future actions.
TDI Advanced Gas Blender manual The use of standard mixes makes it relatively easy to top up diving cylinders after a dive using residual mix—only helium and banked nitrox needs to be used to top up the residual gas from the last fill.
The sequence ends when there is no residual rectangle, i.e., when the square tiles cover the previous residual rectangle exactly.
This methodology uses bundles of residual quantile functions, also called percentile residual life functions, which characterize many different types of distribution tails, including both heavy and non-heavy tails.
According to an article published by Louisiana Illuminator, the largest wildfire’s prolonged duration is attributed to the presence of heavy residual fuels left behind by Hurricane Laura’s devastation in 2020.
All the residual spookiness of the ancient Catholic Church?
As it happens, the British Foreign Office, with its sense of antique propriety and residual imperial viciousness, is the most practiced and ruthless at this kind of thing.
But if there are residual savings out there then consumer spending could end up being more resilient, which would justify the market’s belief in Federal Reserve monetary policy staying tighter for longer.
Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted, if applicable.
For residual water amount accuracy, the systems will deposit 220ml to 20 ml over five days for 30 points.
However, at times the stock market starts pricing a conglomerate discount as soon as it believes a firm needs to utilize its residual value to stay competitive in its various industries.
However, this was rebuffed by Northland candidate Shane Jones, who supercharged the proposal by suggesting it be amended to say the tribunal be abolished from 2025 and replace it with a "modest, residual range of functions".
I felt a mixture of residual grief and anger.
In particular, we achieved that with patients who were, what we call, minimal residual disease negative.
In that study, about a quarter of patients taking semaglutide had residual food in their stomachs during procedures requiring sedation — even after stopping the drug for 10 days.
Ireland has also been impacted by the cold spat, with The Irish Meteorological Service forecasting that residual rain, sleet and snow in the east will clear into the Irish Sea on Friday morning.
It helps save the companies money but brings criticism that they are sidelining marginalized voices, shortchanging creatives out of already slimmer residual paychecks and offering fewer options to customers.
Common combinations with residual
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: