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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)
  • Studentized residual
• Residual time, in the theory of renewal processes
• Residual (numerical analysis)
  • Minimal residual method
  • Generalized minimal residual method
• 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

• Inselberg
• Mesa
• Monadnock

Other uses

• Residual neural network
• Residual volume, the amount of air left in the lungs after a maximal exhalation; see Lung volumes

See also

• All pages with titles containing Residual
• Residue (disambiguation)