partial

[ pahr-shuhl ]

/ ˈpɑr ʃəl /

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adjective

being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.

biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in a controversy: a partial witness.

pertaining to or affecting a part.

being a part; component; constituent.

Botany. secondary or subordinate: a partial umbel.

noun

Bridge. part-score.

Acoustics, Music. partial tone.

Idioms for partial

partial to, having a liking or preference for; particularly fond of: I'm partial to chocolate cake.

Origin of partial

1375–1425; late Middle English parcial biased, particular < Middle French < Late Latin partiālis pertaining to a part, equivalent to Latin parti- (stem of pars) part + -ālis -al¹

SYNONYMS FOR partial

1 unfinished, imperfect, limited.

2 one-sided, unfair, unjust.

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ANTONYMS FOR partial

1, 3 complete.

2 unbiased, fair.

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OTHER WORDS FROM partial

par·tial·ly, adverb par·tial·ness, noun non·par·tial, adjective non·par·tial·ly, adverb

o·ver·par·tial, adjective o·ver·par·tial·ly, adverb o·ver·par·tial·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for partially

partial

/ (ˈpɑːʃəl) /

adjective

relating to only a part; not general or complete a partial eclipse

biased a partial judge

(postpositive foll by to) having a particular liking (for)

botany

constituting part of a larger structurea partial umbel
used for only part of the life cycle of a planta partial habitat
(of a parasite) not exclusively parasitic

maths designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time

noun

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

maths a partial derivative

Derived forms of partial

partially, adverb partialness, noun

Word Origin for partial

C15: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin partiālis incomplete, from Latin pars part

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