partial
Forms
- Comparative
- more partial
- Superlative
- most partial
- Plural
- partials
Definitions
1.Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
2.Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
- It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
3.Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
- God is not partial; he does not play favorites.
- The referee is blatantly partial!
4.Having a predilection for something.
- But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.
1.Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
2.dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
3.An incomplete fingerprint
4.A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4752
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).