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Partial

adjective

Being or affecting only a part; not total. "Partial collapse" , "A partial eclipse" , "A partial monopoly" , "Partial immunity"

Showing favoritism.

(followed by 'of' or 'to') having a strong preference or liking for. Synonym: fond. "Partial to horror movies"

noun

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: partial derivative.

A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency. Synonyms: overtone, partial tone.

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"Partial" Quotes from Famous Books

... governs large and small alike in the world of matter, this universal joy exerts its attraction throughout our inner world, and baffles our understanding when we see it in a partial view. The only rational explanation of why we find joy in man and nature is given in ...

— Glimpses of Bengal • Sir Rabindranath Tagore

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... Swamp, were, by this timely arrival of Sedgwick, thwarted. Had the confederates succeeded in this, the retreat of Keyes' corps and that part of Heintzelman's on the ground must have been cut off, and our army destroyed. The rebels, not satisfied with a partial victory, and determined to destroy the left wing of our army, then thrust beyond the river, renewed their assaults, and again and again pushed forward. Gathering in masses under cover of the forest, they ...

— Three Years in the Sixth Corps • George T. Stevens

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... when they assumed the charge of the inhabitants of Cyprus. The first year of the new administration has been marked by a minimum rainfall that has caused the destruction of all crops dependent upon the natural water-supply of seasons, and this partial famine of the first year of our occupation is generally regarded as a disaster. Although disastrous, I believe the serious warning will operate with wholesome effect, by opening the eyes of the authorities to the absolute necessity of directing special attention to the requirements ...

— Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879 • Sir Samuel W. Baker

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... a batch, adjustment for individual page variations was not possible. The frame size varied on account of the nature of the material, and therefore some of the frames were missed while others were just partial frames. The only way to go back and capture this material was to print out the page with the microfilm reader from the missing frame and then scan it in from the page, which was extremely time-consuming. The quality of the images scanned from the printout ...

— LOC WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS • James Daly

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... the simple and partial views of a young person trained after the schools of classical English verse as represented by Pope, Goldsmith, and Campbell, with whose lines his memory was early stocked. It will be observed that it deals chiefly with the constructive side of the poet's function. That which makes ...

— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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