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Remainder vs Residual - What's the difference?

remainder | residual |

As nouns the difference between remainder and residual

is that remainder is a part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed while residual is a remainder left over at the end of some process.

As adjectives the difference between remainder and residual

is that remainder is remaining while residual is of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

As a verb remainder

is to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

remainder

English

(wikipedia remainder)

Alternative forms

* R (mathematics)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.
    • ''My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder .
    ''You can have the remainder of my clothes.
  • *
    • Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
  • (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If (n) (dividend) and d'' (divisor) are integers, then (n) can always be expressed in the form ''n = dq + r'', where ''q'' (quotient) and ''r'' (remainder ) are also integers and 0 ≤ ''r'' < ''d .
    • ''17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.
    ''11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.
  • (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction
    • ''10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6
  • (commerce) Excessive stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
    • ''I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder .
  • (legal) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

    • Synonyms

    * (a part or parts remaining) remnant, residue, rest * surplus

    Derived terms

    * remainderman * contingent remainder

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * modulus

    See also

    * remainderman

    Adjective

    (-)
  • remaining

    • Synonyms

    * leftover

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
    • ''The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.

    residual

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

    • Synonyms

    * residuary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A remainder left over at the end of some process.
  • (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.