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partial
[ pahr-shuhl ]
adjective
- being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: a partial payment of a debt.
partial blindness;
a partial payment of a debt.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in a controversy:
a partial witness.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- pertaining to or affecting a part.
Antonyms:
- being a part; component; constituent.
- Botany. secondary or subordinate:
a partial umbel.
noun
- Bridge. part-score.
- Acoustics, Music. partial tone.
partial
/ ˈɑːʃə /
adjective
- relating to only a part; not general or complete
a partial eclipse
- biased
a partial judge
- postpositivefoll byto having a particular liking (for)
- 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
- maths designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time
noun
- Also calledpartial 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
- maths a partial derivative
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹پԱ, noun
- ˈ貹پ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- 貹·پ· adverb
- 貹·پ·Ա noun
- ԴDz·貹·پ adjective
- ··貹·پ adjective
- o·ver·貹·پ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of partial1
Idioms and Phrases
- partial to, having a liking or preference for; particularly fond of:
I'm partial to chocolate cake.
Example Sentences
The evidence from psychiatrists commissioned by both the defence and the prosecution all pointed the same way - Sharkey's mental illness meant she had a partial defence to murder.
He was blinded in his right eye, which has been replaced with a glass eye, and has only partial sight in the other.
Even a partial supply chain shift from Taiwan, driven by 32% tariffs, could work in India's favour.
Depending where you are, the partial eclipse looked as if the Moon was taking a nibble or a gigantic bite out of the Sun.
That means cloud and outbreaks of rain will affect Scotland and Northern Ireland - potentially spoiling the chance to witness the partial solar eclipse - and will spread into Wales, northern and western England during the afternoon.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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