English Explanatory Dictionary

partial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.
  4. Having a predilection for something.
  5. Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
  6. Subordinate.
  7. 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. The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
  7. A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.
verb
  1. To take the partial regression coefficient.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑɹʃəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-partial.wav /ˈpɑːʃəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-partial.wav

Word forms

partial more partial most partial partials participle (US) partialing partialling participle (US) partialed partialled

Etymology

From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).

Synonyms

partite fractional demi- semi- nonimpartial fond half rep

Antonyms

impartial

Related words

part partly

Derived words

activated partial thromboplastin time impartial impartiality impartially nonpartial over-partial overpartial partial application partial autocorrelation partial-birth abortion partial calque partial charge partial cloverleaf interchange partial dependency partial differential equation partial discharge partial discharge extinction voltage partial discharge inception voltage partial equilibrium partial evaluation partial false friend partial fraction partial function partial function application partial indulgence partialism partialist partiality partialize partially partialness partial object partial order partial ordering relation partial out partial pin partial pressure partial shaper partial sum partial thromboplastin time partial to partial vacuum partial veil semipartial subpartial unpartial

Translations

Albanian: i pjesshëm Arabic: جُزْئِيّ Armenian: մասնակի Belarusian: частко́вы Bengali: আংশিক Bhojpuri: आंशिक Bulgarian: части́чен Catalan: parcial Chinese Mandarin: 部分 Czech: částečný Danish: partiel Danish: delvis Dutch: partieel Dutch: gedeeltelijk Estonian: osaline Finnish: osittainen Finnish: osa- Finnish: osittais- French: partiel Georgian: ნაწილობრივი German: teilweise German: partiell Greek: μερικός Hebrew: חֶלְקִי Hindi: आंशिक Hindi: अधूरा Hindi: अपूर्ण Hungarian: részleges Hungarian: rész- Indonesian: parsial Irish: páirteach Irish: neamhuilíoch Irish: páirt- Italian: parziale Japanese: 部分的な Kazakh: ішінара Kazakh: жарым-жартылай Korean: 부분적(部分的)인 Korean: 일부의 Kyrgyz: жарым-жартылай Latvian: daļējs Lithuanian: dalinis Luxembourgish: partiell Luxembourgish: deelweis Macedonian: делумен Malay: separa Manx: paartagh Manx: ayns ayrn Manx: paartnagh Norwegian Bokmål: delvis Norwegian Bokmål: partiell Norwegian Bokmål: del- Occitan: parcial Persian: جزئی Polish: częściowy Portuguese: parcial Romanian: parțial
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