What is (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them called?
residual — (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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