'partial' definitions:
Definition of 'partial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"
adjective
Showing favoritism [ant: impartial]
adjective
(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies" [syn: fond(p), partial(p)]
noun
The derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant [syn: partial derivative, partial]
noun
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency [syn: overtone, partial, partial tone]
Definition of 'partial'
From: GCIDE
- partial \par"tial\ (p[aum]r"shal), a. [F., fr. LL. partials, fr. L. pars, gen. partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. partiel. See Part, n.]
- 1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. "Partial dissolutions of the earth." --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; biased; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial. [1913 Webster]
- Ye have been partial in the law. --Mal. ii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having a predilection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond. "A partial parent." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Not partial to an ostentatious display. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. [1913 Webster]
- Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differentiation etc., of the function, upon the hypothesis that some of the variables are for the time constant.
- Partial fractions (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a given fraction.
- Partial tones (Music), the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone color. See, also, Tone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'partial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterated,
- AF,
- antiblack,
- arrested,
- audio frequency,
- biased,
- blemished,
- callow,
- chauvinistic,
- colored,
- damaged,
- defective,
- deficient,
- denominational,
- discriminatory,
- doctrinaire,
- dogmatic,
- embryonic,
- erroneous,
- factional,
- failing,
- fallible,
- faulty,
- fond of,
- found wanting,
- fractional,
- fragmentary,
- frequency,
- fundamental,
- fundamental tone,
- half,
- halfway,
- harmonic,
- hypoplastic,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- in default,
- in favor of,
- in short supply,
- inaccurate,
- inadequate,
- inclined,
- incomplete,
- inexact,
- infant,
- influenced,
- interested,
- intonation,
- involved,
- jaundiced,
- know-nothing,
- lacking,
- makeshift,
- mediocre,
- missing,
- mixed,
- monotone,
- monotony,
- needing,
- nonobjective,
- not perfect,
- off,
- one-and-a-half,
- one-sided,
- opinionated,
- overtone,
- part,
- partial to,
- partial tone,
- partisan,
- partly,
- party,
- patchy,
- pitch,
- predisposed to,
- prejudiced,
- prepossessed,
- racist,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scrappy,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- sectional,
- segmental,
- segmentary,
- sexist,
- short,
- shy,
- sketchy,
- superpatriotic,
- swayed,
- tendentious,
- tone,
- tonelessness,
- twisted,
- ultranationalist,
- underdeveloped,
- undetached,
- undeveloped,
- undispassionate,
- uneven,
- unfair,
- unfinished,
- unneutral,
- unperfected,
- unsound,
- unthorough,
- wanting,
- warped,
- xenophobic
Words containing 'partial'
- Partialism,
- Partiality,
- Partialize,
- Partially,
- partial to,
- partialness,
- Partial differential,
- Partial differentials,
- Partial differentiation,
- Partial fraction,
- Partial fractions,
- Partial tones,
- partial abortion,
- partial breach,
- partial correlation,
- partial denture,
- partial derivative,
- partial eclipse,
- partial tone,
- partial veil,
- partial verdict,
- Partial differential coefficients,
- Self-partiality,
- law of partial pressures,
- partial differential equation,
- dalton's law of partial pressures,
- kendall partial rank correlation