partial

par·tial

 (pär′shəl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete: The plan calls for partial deployment of missiles. The police have only a partial description of the suspect.

2. Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced: a decision that was partial to the plaintiff.

3. Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone: partial to spicy food.

4. Mathematics Of or being operations or sequences of operations, such as differentiation and integration, when applied to only one of several variables at a time.

n.

1. Music See harmonic.

2. Mathematics A partial derivative.

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[Middle English parcial, from Old French, from Late Latin partiālis, from Latin pars, part-, part; see part.]

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par′tial·ness n.

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partial

(ˈpɑːʃəl)

adj

1. relating to only a part; not general or complete: a partial eclipse.

2. biased: a partial judge.

3. (foll by: to) having a particular liking (for)

4. (Botany) botany

a. constituting part of a larger structure: a partial umbel.

b. used for only part of the life cycle of a plant: a partial habitat.

c. (of a parasite) not exclusively parasitic

5. (Mathematics) maths designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time

n

6. (Music, other) music acoustics Also called: partial tone 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

7. (Mathematics) maths a partial derivative

[C15: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin partiālis incomplete, from Latin pars part]

ˈpartially adv

ˈpartialness n

Usage: Partially and partly are to some extent interchangeable, but partly should be used when referring to a part or parts of something: the building is partly (not partially) of stone, while partially is preferred for the meaning to some extent: his mother is partially (not partly) sighted

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par•tial

(ˈpɑr ʃəl)

adj.

1. being such in part only; incomplete: partial payment.

2. biased or prejudiced in favor of one person, group, side, etc., over another: The judge was partial.

3. pertaining to or affecting a part.

4. being a part; component; constituent.

n.

5. one of the pure tones forming part of a complex tone.

Idioms:

partial to, favoring; especially fond of.

[1375–1425; late Middle English parcial biased, particular < Middle French < Late Latin partiālis pertaining to a part = Latin parti- (s. of pars) part + -ālis -al¹]

par′tial•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	partial - 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 partial derivative derivative, derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative - the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
	2.	partial - a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency partial tone, overtone harmonic - a tone that is a component of a complex sound
Adj.	1.	partial - being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity" incomplete, uncomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"
	2.	partial - showing favoritism       unfair, unjust - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" impartial - showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
	3.	partial - (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies" fond inclined - (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"

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partial

adjective

1. incomplete, limited, unfinished, imperfect, fragmentary, uncompleted Their policy only met with partial success.
incomplete complete, full, whole, total, entire

2. biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, partisan, influenced, unfair, one-sided, unjust, predisposed, tendentious Some of the umpiring in the tournament was partial.
biased objective, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced

be partial to have a liking for, care for, be fond of, be keen on, be taken with, have a soft spot for, have a weakness for I am partial to red wine.

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partial

adjective

1. Relating to or affecting only a part; not total:

fractional, fragmentary, part.

2. Disposed to favor one over another:

favorable, preferential.

3. Exhibiting bias:

biased, one-sided, partisan, prejudiced, prejudicial, prepossessed, tendentious.

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Translations

جُزْئيجُزْئِيٌمُتَحَيِّز، مولَع بِ

částečnýmající v oblibě

delvisholde af

partiellteilweiseeine Vorliebe habenparteiisch

μερικός

parcial

osittainenpuolueellinen

partielpartial

djelomičan

részleges

ekki fullkominnsem er mikiî fyrir

parzialeavere un debole per...

部分的な

부분적인

mėgstantisturintis silpnybę

daļējskārsneobjektīvs

gedeeltelijk

delvis

częściowy

parcial

частичный

čiastočnýmajúci v obľube

delen

partiellpartisk

ซึ่งเป็นบางส่วน

dayanamayan-e düşküneksikkısmitam olmayan

một phần

部分的癖好的

partial

[ˈpɑːʃəl] ADJ

1. (= not complete) → parcial

2. (= biased) → parcial (towards hacia)

3. to be partial to sth (= like) → tener debilidad por algo
he's partial to a cigar after dinner → le gusta fumarse un puro después de cenar

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partial

[ˈpɑː^rʃ^əl] adj

(= not complete) [support, success, ban, blindness] → partiel(le)

(= biased) → partial(e)

to be partial to sth (= like) → avoir un faible pour qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

partial

adj

(= not complete) → Teil-, partiell (geh), → teilweise; paralysis, eclipse → teilweise, partiell; a partial success → ein Teilerfolg m, → ein teilweiser Erfolg; to make a partial recovery → eine teilweise Erholung or Genesung durchmachen; to give something partial support → eine Sache teilweise unterstützen; to reach a partial agreement → teilweise Übereinstimmung erzielen

(= biased) → voreingenommen; judgement → parteiisch

to be partial to something → eine Vorliebe or Schwäche für etw haben; after a while I became rather partial to it → nach einiger Zeit hatte ich eine ziemliche Vorliebe dafür entwickelt; to be partial to doing something → eine Vorliebe or Schwäche dafür haben, etw zu tun

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partial

[ˈpɑːʃ/əl] adj (gen) → parziale
to be in partial agreement → essere parzialmente or in parte d'accordo
to be partial to sth (like) → avere un debole per qc

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partial

(ˈpaːʃəl) adjective

1. not complete; in part only. a partial success; partial payment. gedeeltelik جُزْئي частичен parcial částečný Teil-... delvis μερικόςparcial osaline ناقص؛ نیمه کاره osittainen partielחלקי आंशिक djelomičan részleges sebagian ekki fullkominn parziale 部分的な 부분적인 dalinis daļējs tdk sepenuhnya gedeeltelijkdelvisczęściowy پلوى، طرفدار، غرضي، يوه برخه parcial par­ţial частичный čiastočný delen delimičan partiell, ofullständig ซึ่งเป็นบางส่วน eksik, tam olmayan 部分的 частковий, неповний جزوي một phần 部分的

2. having a liking for (a person or thing). He is very partial to cheese. versot op مُتَحَيِّز، مولَع بِ който обича favorável mající v oblibě eine Vorliebe haben holde af μεροληπτικός, που δείχνει αδυναμία parcial, tener debilidad por algo/alguien eelistav دوستدار pitää jstk qui a un faible pour נוֹטֶה לְטוֹבַת- तरफदारी, पक्षपाती pristran elfogult gemar sem er mikið fyrir (e-ð/e-n) (che ha un debole per) ～が好きな 편파적인 mėgstantis, turintis silpnybę neobjektīvs; kārs (uz kaut ko) amat gemar dol oppartisk, som foretrekker mający słabość طرفدار favorável care are o slăbiciune (pentru) неравнодушный majúci v obľube imeti kaj posebno rad ljubitelj förtjust ชื่นชอบ ...-e düşkün, dayanamayan 癖好的 небайдужий پسند کرنا ham mê 癖好的

ˌpartiˈality (-ʃiˈӕləti) noun

1. a liking for. He has a partiality for cheese. voorliefde وَلَع склонност fraco slabost (pro) die Vorliebe forkærlighed αδυναμία debilidad por eriline armastus علاقه mieltymys faibleהעדפה तरफदारी naklonost elfogultság kegemaran dálæti predilezione, debole 好み 편애 silpnybė tieksme, nosliece amat gemar voorliefde forkjærlighet/svakhet for słabość لورى، طرفداري fraco slăbiciune склонность; пристрастие slabosť (pre), záľuba (v) posebna ljubezen naklonost förkärlek ความชอบ düşkünlük 偏好 пристрасть پسند sự ham mê 癖好

2. the preferring of one person or side more than another. He could not help showing his partiality for/towards his own team. partydigheid تَفْضيل، تَحَيُّز، مُحاباه пристрастие parcialidade náklonnost, stranictví die Parteilichkeit partiskhed μεροληψίαparcialidad, preferencia eelistamine جانبداری puolueellisuus partialité מַשׂוֹא פָּנִים अनुराग pristranost részrehajlás sikap memihak hlutdrægni preferenza, parzialità ひいき 편파성 šališkumas neobjektivitāte sikap berat sebelah partijdigheidpartiskhet stronniczość طرفداري parcialidade părtinire пристрастность náklonnosť (k) pristranost naklonost partiskhet ความลำเอียง taraf tutma 偏袒 схильність جانب داري sự thiên vị 偏袒

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partial

→ جُزْئِيٌ částečný delvis teilweise μερικός parcial osittainen partiel djelomičan parziale 部分的な 부분적인 gedeeltelijk delvis częściowy parcial частичный partiell ซึ่งเป็นบางส่วน kısmi một phần 部分的

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partial

a. parcial;

adv. parcialmente, decidido en partes.

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partial

adj parcial

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