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partial sums

partial sums is the plural of partial sum.

Meaning of partial sum

Noun

partial sum (plural partial sums)

  1. The sum of the first n terms of an infinite series, where n is a finite number.

Questions about partial sums

What is partial sums the plural of?
Partial sums is the plural of partial sum.

Words near partial sums in the dictionary

  1. partial pressure
  2. partial pressures
  3. partial shaper
  4. partial shapers
  5. partial sum
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  9. partial to
  10. partial vacuum
  11. partial vacuums

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