partial
Syllables: par·tial/ˈpɑːʃəl//ˈpɑɹʃəl/
partial adjective: existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
Adjective
partial (comparative more partial, superlative most partial)
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
- Synonyms:
- partite, fractional, demi-, semi-
- 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.
- Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
- The referee is blatantly partial!
- God is not partial; he does not play favorites.
- Synonyms:
- nonimpartial
- Antonyms:
- impartial
- Having a predilection for something.
- not partial to an ostentatious display1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
- But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.1817, Jane Austen, chapter 6, in Pride and Prejudice, page 32
- Synonyms:
- fond
- Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
- Subordinate.
- Having a wordplay element, but no definition.
- Twelve six- letter lights form a group; these have only partial clues.1982 07, The Listener
- Fourteen solutions are men of a kind. Each begins with a different letter, and their (partial) clues begin with the same letter as their solutions.1996 February 5, “New York Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 103
Noun
partial (plural partials)
- A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
- Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
- dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
- An incomplete fingerprint
- A fragment of a template containing markup.
- In fact, as seen in Chapters 5 and 6, the resulting document is usually the product of rendering a layout, which yields the rendering of the template at hand, which in turn can invoke the rendering of other templates and/or one or more partials.2009, Antonio Cangiano, Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers, page 356
- A repetition of an exercise during which the range of motion (amplitude) is not maximized.
- Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time.2021, Edward L. Wallace, Omniflex: A Unified System of Strength Training
- Synonyms:
- half rep
- A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.
Verb
partial (third-person singular simple present partials, present participle (US) partialing or (UK) partialling, simple past and past participle (US) partialed or (UK) partialled)
- To take the partial regression coefficient.
partial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
partial in Hindi
- existing in part
- आंशिक āñśik, अधूरा adhūrā, अपूर्ण apūrṇ
- biased
- पक्षपातपूर्ण pakṣapātpūrṇ, पक्षपाती pakṣapātī
partial in Tamil
- existing in part
- பகுதியளவு pakutiyaḷavu, பகுதி pakuti, அரைகுறை araikuṟai
- biased
- சார்பு cārpu, பாரபட்சம் pārapaṭcam
- having a predilection for something
- பாரபட்சம் pārapaṭcam
partial in Marathi
- partial, incomplete
- अपूर्ण apūrṇa
partial in Urdu
- existing in part
- جُزْوِی juzvī, اَدُھورا adhūrā
More languagesFewer languages
- partial in Bengali
- আংশিক aṅśik
- partial in Telugu
- అసంపూర్ణ asampūrṇa
- partial in Malayalam
- ഭിന്ന bhinna
- partial in Kannada
- ಮುಗಿಯದ, ಬದಿ ಹಿಡಿದ, ಭಾಗಶಃ, ಆಂಶಿಕ
- partial in Punjabi
- ਅੰਸ਼ਕ
- partial in Gujarati
- આંશિક
- partial in Odia
- ଆଂଶିକ
- partial in Nepali
- आंशिक
- partial in Arabic
- جُزْئِيّ juzʔiyy
- partial in Malay
- separa
- partial in Indonesian
- parsial
- partial in Persian
- جزئی joz'i
- partial in Thai
- บางส่วน
- partial in Vietnamese
- một phần, bán phần, thiên vị
Examples of partial in a sentence
- Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.
- This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x.
- The Jacobian matrix has partial derivatives as its entries.
Synonyms of partial
- partite
- fractional
- demi-
- semi-
- nonimpartial
- fond
- half rep
Antonyms
Forms of partial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more partial |
| superlative | most partial |
| Noun | |
| plural | partials |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | partials |
| present | participle (US) partialing |
| present UK | partialling |
| past | participle (US) partialed |
| past UK | partialled |
Origin of partial
From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).
Words formed from partial
- activated partial thromboplastin time
- impartial
- impartiality
- impartially
- nonpartial
- over-partial
- overpartial
- partial application
- partial autocorrelation
- partial-birth abortion
- partial calque
- partial charge
- partial cloverleaf interchange
- partial dependency
- partial differential equation
- partial discharge
- partial discharge extinction voltage
- partial discharge inception voltage
- partial equilibrium
- partial evaluation
- partial false friend
- partial fraction
- partial function
- partial function application
- partial indulgence
- partialism
- partialist
- partiality
- partialize
- partially
- partialness
- partial object
- partial order
- partial ordering relation
- partial out
- partial pin
- partial pressure
- partial shaper
- partial sum
- partial thromboplastin time
- partial to
- partial vacuum
- partial veil
- semipartial
- subpartial
- unpartial
Phrases with partial
- partial pins
- partial sums
- partial veils
- partial orders
- partial calques
- partial charges
- partial objects
- partial shapers
- partial vacuums
- partial fractions
- partial functions
- partial pressures
17 more phrasesFewer phrases
- partial derivative
- partial derivatives
- partial indulgences
- partial applications
- partial dependencies
- partial differential
- partial differentials
- partial false friends
- complete partial order
- complete partial orders
- partial autocorrelations
- partial ordering relations
- partial thromboplastin times
- partial function applications
- partial differential equations
- partial cloverleaf interchanges
- activated partial thromboplastin times
Words that rhyme with partial
Questions about partial
- What does partial mean?
- Partial means existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- What is partial in Hindi?
- Partial in Hindi is आंशिक (āñśik), अधूरा (adhūrā), अपूर्ण (apūrṇ). See Partial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is partial?
- Partial can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce partial?
- Partial is pronounced /ˈpɑɹʃəl/ (US).
Words near partial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: partial (page history and authors); अपूर्ण (Marathi) (page history and authors); ഭിന്ന (Malayalam) (page history and authors); partial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partial (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); partial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); partial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); partial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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