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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.  Antonym: impartial.
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



... everything about a forge tells to most advantage at night; the hammer sounds more solemnly in the stillness; the glowing particles scattered by the strokes sparkle with more effect in the darkness, whilst the sooty visage of the sastramescro, half in shadow, and half-illumed by the red and partial blaze of the forge, looks more mysterious and strange. On such occasions I draw in my horse's rein, and, seated in the saddle, endeavour to associate with the picture before me—in itself a picture of romance—whatever of the wild and wonderful I have read of in books, ...
— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow
... soon made so rapid a progress in his studies that he outstripped all his fellow-students; and, though the youngest boy in the college, he obtained the highest place of all, except the seat of honor, which his partial preceptors allowed Prince Edwin ...
— The Children's Portion • Various
... 14 he advanced resolutely to the attack with his two wooden gunboats and four partial ironclads. The tremendous land batteries opened on this weak force the moment it came within range, and the results were of the most destructive nature. As usual, the chief attention was given to the flagship, which was ...
— Dewey and Other Naval Commanders • Edward S. Ellis
... blustered; "by blood and by nails! you will sing more sweetly with a broken viol than with a broken head. I would have you understand, you hedge thief, that we gentlemen of the sword are not partial to wordy argument." Messire Heleigh fluttered inefficient hands as the men-at-arms gathered about them, scenting some genial piece of cruelty. "Oh, you rabbit!" the trooper jeered, and caught at Osmund's throat, shaking him. In the act this ...
— Chivalry • James Branch Cabell
... respective sovereigns, whose main policy was the exploitation of all the wealth possible. The aborigines were dispossessed, treated as conquered peoples, and forced to do the exploiting labour. No other results could follow than the gradual diminution and final exhaustion of all the wealth and the partial, if not total, extinction of the ...
— Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) - The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked • C. H. Thomas


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