partial
(adjective) being or affecting only a part; not total; “a partial description of the suspect”; “partial collapse”; “a partial eclipse”; “a partial monopoly”; “partial immunity”
partial, fond(p)
(adjective) (followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) having a strong preference or liking for; “fond of chocolate”; “partial to horror movies”
partial
(adjective) showing favoritism
overtone, partial, partial tone
(noun) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
partial (comparative more partial, superlative most partial)
existing as a part or portion; incomplete
(computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates
biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute
Antonym: impartial
(followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
Synonym: fond of
(mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
(botany) subordinate
partial (plural partials)
(mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
(music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
(dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
(forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
(programming, internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
partial (third-person singular simple present partials, present participle partialling or partialing, simple past and past participle partialled or partialed)
(statistics, transitive) To take the partial regression coefficient.
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Source: Wiktionary
Par"tial, a. Etym: [F., fr. LL. partials, fr. L. pars, gen. partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. partiel. See Part, n.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. "Partial dissolutions of the earth." T. Burnet.
2. Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial. Ye have been partial in the law. Mal. ii. 9.
3. Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond. "A partial parent." Pope. Not partial to an ostentatious display. Sir W. Scott.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differentiation etc., of the function, upon the hypothesis that some of the variables are for the time constant.
– Partial fractions (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a given fraction.
– Partial tones (Music), the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone color. See, also, Tone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
