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partial

/ˈpɑɹʃəl/

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What does partial mean?

adjective

  1. Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
  2. Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
  3. Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
More meanings (12)

adjective

  1. Having a predilection for something.
  2. Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
  3. Subordinate.
  4. Having a wordplay element, but no definition.

noun

  1. A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
  2. Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
  3. dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
  4. An incomplete fingerprint
  5. A fragment of a template containing markup.
  6. A repetition of an exercise during which the range of motion (amplitude) is not maximized.
  7. (slang) A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.

verb

  1. To take the partial regression coefficient.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɑɹʃəl/

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Neither am I partial to libellous Angels, who play on fiddles and bassoons, for the edification of sprawling monks apparently in liquor.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
This was at once the secret of a great measure of his power and also the partial source of his mental undoing.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
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The first great blow at its supremacy had been directed with partial success in the thirteenth century by the Emperor Frederick II.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
When a fowl loses partial or entire control of the muscles of the neck the common name of the affection is limber-neck.
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152
It is quite hardy, and seen to best advantage when allowed to run over large rockwork and tree stumps in partial shade.
Angus D. WebsterHardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and ShrubsProject Gutenberg ebook #10852