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residuation

residuation noun: the process of residuating, or computing a residual.

Noun (1)

residuation

  1. The process of residuating, or computing a residual.

Noun (2)

residuation

  1. An editorial misreading for recidivation.
    • The Lord President about the beginning of February dispatched Sir Charles Wilmot with a Regiment of one thousand and seven hundred Foote in list, but by pole very weake, and a troope of Horse, into his former government of Kerry, not doubting but hee which had the skill to cure the former...1633, Sir Thomas Stafford [tr., ed.], “A Letter from the Lord President to the Spanish Cannoniers in Dunboy” in Pacata Hibernia; or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, during the Reign of Queen...

Questions about residuation

What does residuation mean?
Residuation means the process of residuating, or computing a residual.
What part of speech is residuation?
Residuation is a noun.

Words near residuation in the dictionary

  1. residuary legatees
  2. residuate
  3. residuated
  4. residuates
  5. residuating
  6. residuation
  7. residue
  8. residue class
  9. residue classes
  10. residue field
  11. residue fields

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