residually (comparative more residually, superlative most residually)
To a residual extent
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sid"u*al (r-zd"-al), a. Etym: [See Residue.]
Definition: 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 amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental.
– Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b).
– Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one.
– Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under Remanent.
– Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc.
– Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b.
– Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as sq. root(a-b).
Re*sid"u*al, n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
