partial

par·tial

P0085900 (pär′shəl)adj.1. Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete: The plan calls for partial deployment of missiles. The police have only a partial description of the suspect.2. Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced: a decision that was partial to the plaintiff.3. Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone: partial to spicy food.4. Mathematics Of or being operations or sequences of operations, such as differentiation and integration, when applied to only one of several variables at a time.n.1. Music See harmonic.2. Mathematics A partial derivative.

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[Middle English parcial, from Old French, from Late Latin partiālis, from Latin pars, part-, part; see part.]

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par′tial·ness n.

partial

(ˈpɑːʃəl) adj1. relating to only a part; not general or complete: a partial eclipse. 2. biased: a partial judge. 3. (foll by: to) having a particular liking (for)4. (Botany) 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 parasitic5. (Mathematics) maths designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a timen6. (Music, other) music acoustics Also called: partial tone 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 not7. (Mathematics) maths a partial derivative[C15: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin partiālis incomplete, from Latin pars part] ˈpartially adv ˈpartialness nUsage: 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) sighted

par•tial

(ˈpɑr ʃəl)

adj. 1. being such in part only; incomplete: partial payment. 2. biased or prejudiced in favor of one person, group, side, etc., over another: The judge was partial. 3. pertaining to or affecting a part. 4. being a part; component; constituent. n. 5. one of the pure tones forming part of a complex tone. Idioms: partial to, favoring; especially fond of. [1375–1425; late Middle English parcial biased, particular < Middle French < Late Latin partiālis pertaining to a part = Latin parti- (s. of pars) part + -ālis -al¹] par′tial•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	partial - the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constantpartial derivativederivative, derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative - the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
	2.	partial - a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequencypartial tone, overtoneharmonic - a tone that is a component of a complex sound
Adj.	1.	partial - being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"incomplete, uncomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"
	2.	partial - showing favoritism unfair, unjust - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"impartial - showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
	3.	partial - (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"fondinclined - (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"

partial

adjective1. incomplete, limited, unfinished, imperfect, fragmentary, uncompleted Their policy only met with partial success.
incomplete complete, full, whole, total, entire2. biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, partisan, influenced, unfair, one-sided, unjust, predisposed, tendentious Some of the umpiring in the tournament was partial.
biased objective, impartial, unbiased, unprejudicedbe partial to have a liking for, care for, be fond of, be keen on, be taken with, have a soft spot for, have a weakness for I am partial to red wine.

partial

adjective1. Relating to or affecting only a part; not total:fractional, fragmentary, part.2. Disposed to favor one over another:favorable, preferential.3. Exhibiting bias:biased, one-sided, partisan, prejudiced, prejudicial, prepossessed, tendentious.

Translations

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partial

(ˈpaːʃəl) adjective1. not complete; in part only. a partial success; partial payment. 部分的 部分的2. having a liking for (a person or thing). He is very partial to cheese. 癖好的 癖好的ˌpartiˈality (-ʃiˈӕləti) noun1. a liking for. He has a partiality for cheese. 偏好 癖好2. the preferring of one person or side more than another. He could not help showing his partiality for/towards his own team. 偏袒 偏袒

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