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Partial   /pˈɑrʃəl/   Listen
Partial

adjective
1.
Being or affecting only a part; not total.  "Partial collapse" , "A partial eclipse" , "A partial monopoly" , "Partial immunity"
2.
Showing favoritism.
3.
(followed by 'of' or 'to') having a strong preference or liking for.  Synonym: fond.  "Partial to horror movies"
noun
1.
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.  Synonym: partial derivative.
2.
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency.  Synonyms: overtone, partial tone.



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"Partial" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the birds of Tasmania is very partial, differing in this respect remarkably from that of the animals. The supply of the peculiar food suitable to particular genera and species necessarily affects their range, and as one half of the island is still covered by the dense primaeval forests, so in that portion few of the birds inhabiting ...
— The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) • John West
... absence of mind was so extreme, that I lacked the ability of protecting myself against accident, in cases the most simple and ordinary. Besides other injuries, I lost at different times during the first few months of my apprenticeship, when in these fits of partial somnambulism, no fewer than seven of my finger-nails. But as I gathered strength, my spirits became more equable; and not until many years after, when my health failed for a time under over-exertion of another kind, had I any renewed experience of ...
— My Schools and Schoolmasters - or The Story of my Education. • Hugh Miller
... note is a piece of paper money or currency which constitutes the bank's promise to pay in coin and on demand without interest, the sum named on the face of the note. A reserve fund is an amount of money or securities which a bank habitually keeps on hand as a partial guarantee that it will be able to ...
— Problems in American Democracy • Thames Ross Williamson
... Samaj aims at reform. Its original programme was a revival of the ancient Vedic religion but it has since been perceptibly modified and tends towards conciliating contemporary orthodoxy, for it now prohibits the slaughter of cattle, accords a partial recognition to caste, affirms its belief in karma and apparently approves a form of the Yoga philosophy. Though it is not yet accepted as a form of orthodox Hinduism, it seems probable that concessions on ...
— Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot
... how he might be taken off, the other for approving of what had been said by smiling. But he was so concerned at what he had done, that nothing affected him more during his whole life; for he had slain one to whom he was extremely partial. Thus do weak men's desires pull them different ways, and whilst they indulge one, they ...
— The Academic Questions • M. T. Cicero


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