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Definitions for Partial
[1] being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
[2] biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in a controversy: a partial witness.
[3] pertaining to or affecting a part.
[4] being a part; component; constituent.
[5] Botany . secondary or subordinate: a partial umbel.
[6] Bridge . part-score.
[7] Acoustics , Music . partial tone.
[8] partial to , having a liking or preference for; particularly fond of: I'm partial to chocolate cake.
[9] relating to only a part; not general or complete a partial eclipse
[10] biased a partial judge
[11] (postpositive foll by to ) having a particular liking (for)
[12] botany constituting part of a larger structure a partial umbel used for only part of the life cycle of a plant a partial habitat (of a parasite) not exclusively parasitic
[13] maths designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time
[14] 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
[15] maths a partial derivative
Words related to Partial
limited, one-sided, unfair, part, imperfect, sectional, partisan, colored, fractional, fragmentary, halfway, unfinished, uncompleted, discriminatory, disposed, influenced, interested, jaundiced, minded, predisposed
Words nearby Partial
parti, parti pris, parti québécois, parti-colored, parti-coloured, partial, partial agglutinin, partial antigen, partial denture, partial derivative, partial differential
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
Words that may be confused with Partial
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
Word origin for Partial
C15: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin partiālis incomplete, from Latin pars part
Synonyms for Partial
limited, imperfect, part, sectional, fractional, fragmentary, half done, halfway, uncompleted, unfinished, unperformed