单词 | partial |
释义 | Word Frequency partial(ˈpɑːʃəl) adjective 1. relating to only a part; not general or complete a partial explanation 2. biased a partial judge 3. (postpositive; foll by to) having a particular liking (for) 4. botany a. constituting part of a larger structure a partial umbel b. used for only part of the life cycle of a plant a partial habitat c. (of a parasite) not exclusively parasitic 5. mathematics designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time noun ▶ USAGE Partially and partly are to some extent interchangeable, but partly should be used when referring to a part or parts of something: the building is partly (not partially) of stone, while partially is preferred for the meaning to some extent: his mother is partially (not partly) sighted6. Also called: partial tone music, acoustics any of the component tones of a single musical sound, including both those that belong to the harmonic series of the sound and those that do not 7. mathematics a partial derivative Derived forms partially (ˈpartially) adverb partialness (ˈpartialness) noun Word origin C15: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin partiālis incomplete, from Latin pars part |
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