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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 [[insolvency|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

== Popular culture ==
=== Music ===
* [[Residuals (song)|"Residuals" (song)]], a song by Chris Brown from his album ''11:11''

==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#Values|Lung volumes]]

==See also==
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* [[Residue (disambiguation)]]

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