• Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungswhich 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 lessfigure has been taken from a greater one.-- Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See underRemanent.-- Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cottonmill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc.-- Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts ofwhich are connected by the negative sign, as a-b.-- Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as sq.root(a-b).


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  • abbreviation for residual high; a sense of being high a day or two after the actual act of smoking marijuana, sometimes lasting up to a week.

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  • The residual effects of smoking an [L] late at night. Could result in early morning fatigue and/or confusion.

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