PARTIAL

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• patrial

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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