different between residual vs effluent

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1570. From residue, itself from Old French residu (Modern résidu), from Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of reside? (“I remain behind”) (from re- (“back, again”) + sede? (“I sit, I reside”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?d???l/, /???z?dj??l/, /???z?d??l/, /???z?dj?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?.d?u.?l/, /???z?.d??.w?l/, /???z?.d?w?l/, /???z?.d??l/, /??-/

Adjective

residual (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

Synonyms

• residuary

Translations

Noun

residual (plural residuals)

1. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
2. (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
3. (statistics) the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest
4. (paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.

Derived terms

• pseudoresidual

Translations

Galician

Adjective

residual m or f (plural residuais)

1. residual

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resi?dwal/, [re.si?ð?wal]

Adjective

residual (plural residuales)

1. residual

Derived terms

• aguas residuales

Related terms

• residuo

Further reading

• “residual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis.

Adjective

effluent (not comparable)

1. Flowing out; outflowing.

Noun

effluent (plural effluents)

1. A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
2. Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.

Translations

French

Adjective

effluent (feminine singular effluente, masculine plural effluents, feminine plural effluentes)

1. effluent

Noun

effluent m (plural effluents)

1. effluent

Latin

Verb

effluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of efflu?