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English Dictionary: partial	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partial adj being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity" showing favoritism Antonym(s): impartial (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies" Synonym(s): fond(p), partial(p) n 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(s): partial derivative, partial a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency Synonym(s): overtone, partial, partial tone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Partial \Par"tial\, a. [F., fr. LL. partials, fr. L. pars, gen. partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. partiel. See {Part}, n.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. [bd]Partial dissolutions of the earth.[b8] --T. Burnet. 2. Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial. Ye have been partial in the law. --Mal. ii. 9. 3. Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond. [bd]A partial parent.[b8] --Pope. Not partial to an ostentatious display. --Sir W. Scott. 4. (Bot.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. {Partial differentials}, {Partial differential coefficients}, {Partial differentiation}, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differentiation etc., of the function, upon the hypothesis that some of the variables are for the time constant. {Partial fractions} (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a given fraction. {Partial tones} (Music), the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone color. See, also, {Tone}.