Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word PARTIAL

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Definitions of PARTIAL

1. existing as a part or portion; incomplete
2. biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute
3. (computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates
4. (followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
5. (mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
6. (botany) subordinate
7. (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
8. (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
9. (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
10. (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
11. (programming, internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
12. (bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
13. (statistics, transitive) To take the partial regression coefficient.
14. (crosswording, of a clue) Having a wordplay element, but no definition.
15. (furry) A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.

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Examples of Using PARTIAL in a Sentence

• Other terms for the same concept include partial phonemic script, segmentally linear defective phonographic script, consonantary, consonant writing, and consonantal alphabet.
• This contrasts with a full alphabet, in which vowels have status equal to consonants, and with an abjad, in which vowel marking is absent, partial, or optional – in less formal contexts, all three types of the script may be termed "alphabets".
• The surviving essential aspect varies between belief systems; it may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, which carries with it one's personal identity.
• In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency.
• African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
• Each partial is a sine wave of different frequency and amplitude that swells and decays over time due to modulation from an ADSR envelope or low frequency oscillator.
• Albinism is a congenital condition characterized in humans by the partial or complete absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes.
• In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract, except for the h sound, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.
• Cracking, the formation of a fracture or partial fracture in a solid material studied as fracture mechanics.
• Clitoridectomy or clitorectomy is the surgical removal, reduction, or partial removal of the clitoris.
• The Crookes radiometer (also known as a light mill) consists of an airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum, with a set of vanes which are mounted on a spindle inside.
• In the field of complex analysis in mathematics, the Cauchy–Riemann equations, named after Augustin Cauchy and Bernhard Riemann, consist of a system of two partial differential equations which form a necessary and sufficient condition for a complex function of a complex variable to be complex differentiable.
• The divergence of vectors from point (x,y) equals the sum of the partial derivative-with-respect-to-x of the x-component and the partial derivative-with-respect-to-y of the y-component at that point:.
• Expressive aphasia (also known as Broca's aphasia) is a type of aphasia characterized by partial loss of the ability to produce language (spoken, manual, or written), although comprehension generally remains intact.
• In music, the fundamental is the musical pitch of a note that is perceived as the lowest partial present.
• There can be functions for which partial derivatives exist in every direction but fail to be differentiable.
• Source tracking pertains to the ability of some hypertext systems to rigorously track the exact source of every document or partial document included in the system; that is, they remember who entered the information, when it was entered, when it was updated and by whom, and so on.
• This ambition was expressed by the partial recovery of the territories of the defunct Western Roman Empire.
• Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition.
• This is a partial list of people who have been categorized as Deists, the belief in a deity based on natural religion only, or belief in religious truths discovered by people through a process of reasoning, independent of any revelation through scriptures or prophets.

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