Partial Definition
pärshəl
partials
adjective
Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete.
Webster's New World
Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced.
A decision that was partial to the plaintiff.
American Heritage
Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone.
Partial to spicy food.
American Heritage
Of or being operations or sequences of operations, such as differentiation and integration, when applied to only one of several variables at a time.
American Heritage
(computer science) 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.
Wiktionary
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noun
Webster's New World
A partial artificial denture.
Webster's New World
idiom
partial to
- fond of; having a liking for
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Partial
Noun
Singular:
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partialsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Partial
Origin of Partial
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From Old French parcial (“biased or particular"), from Late Latin partialis (“of or pertaining to a part"), from Latin pars (“part").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English parcial from Old French from Late Latin partiālis from Latin pars part- part part
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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