Etymology 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”).
It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
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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.
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17th century, Alexander Pope, a letter partial parent
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Followed by the preposition to 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, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
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:
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Mathematics, Sciences Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
Of a clue 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:
Etymology 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”).
Mathematics, Sciences A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
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Dentistry, Medicine, Sciences dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
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:
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Bodybuilding, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
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:
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LifestyleSlang A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.
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Etymology 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”).