Residual
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A residual is generally a quantity left over at the end of a process. It may refer to:
Business
- Residual (entertainment industry), in business, one of an ongoing stream of royalties for rerunning or reusing motion pictures, television shows or commercials
- Profit (accounting), residuals that shareholders, partners or other owners are entitled to, after debtors are covered
- Residual in the bankruptcy of insolvent businesses, moneys that are left after all assets are sold and all creditors paid, to be divided among residual claimants
- Residual (or balloon) in finance, a lump sum owed to the financier at the end of a loan's term; for example Balloon payment mortgage
Mathematics, statistics and econometrics
- Residual (statistics)
- Residual time, in the theory of renewal processes
- Residual (numerical analysis)
- Residual set, the complement of a meager set
- Residual property (mathematics), a concept in group theory
- Residually finite group, a specific residual property
- The residual function attached to a residuated mapping
- Residual in a residuated lattice, loosely analogous to division
- Residue (complex analysis)
- Solow residual, in economics
Geomorphology
A residual is the remnant of a formerly extensive mass of rock or land surface
Other uses
- Residual neural network
- Residual volume, the amount of air left in the lungs after a maximal exhalation; see Lung volumes