RESIDENTIAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used or designed for residence or limited to residences

Example:

residential zoning

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

nonresidential (not residential)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or connected with residence

Example:

a residential requirement for the doctorate

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

residence (the act of dwelling in a place)

Derivation:

residence (the act of dwelling in a place)

Credits

Context examples:

If your birthday falls within four days of June 24, or if you have Cancer rising or the natal moon in Cancer from zero to eight degrees, you will likely feel this eclipse in a noticeable way, and you will see changes in your relationship, possibly including a residential move.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The authors note that timely policies to make air conditioning technologies efficient and affordable, and to improve the design of residential areas in order to reduce heat island effects, would benefit both the climate and development.

(Billions at risk from heat stress at home, SciDev.Net)

From 2007 until 2015, PASS Network researchers followed the outcomes of nearly 12,000 pregnancies among women from two residential areas in Cape Town, South Africa; and five sites in the U.S., including two American Indian Reservations in South Dakota and North Dakota.

(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)

That is, even after you take people’s socioeconomic status into account (in this study’s case, education and social class), does a person’s residential environment still affect their mental health?