PARTIALLED
Verb
partialled
simple past tense and past participle of partial
Source: Wiktionary
PARTIAL
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