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- partial ['pɒːʃəl]
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1.
n
[music]
[acoustics]
partial tone any of the component tones of a single musical sound, including both those that belong to the harmonic series of the sound and those that do not
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2.
adj
relating to only a part; not general or complete
- a partial eclipse
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3.
adj
biased
- a partial judge
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4.
adj
[postpositive;
foll by to] having a particular liking (for) -
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adj
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6.
adj
[botany]
constituting part of a larger structure
- a partial umbel
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7.
adj
used for only part of the life cycle of a plant
- a partial habitat
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8.
adj
(of a parasite) not exclusively parasitic
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9.
adj
[maths]
designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time
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10.
n
[maths]
a partial derivative
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11.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin parti
a lis incomplete, from Latin parspart
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1.
n
[music]
[acoustics]
partial tone any of the component tones of a single musical sound, including both those that belong to the harmonic series of the sound and those that do not
Examples
- a partial eclipse → partial
- a partial judge → partial
- a partial umbel → partial
- a partial habitat → partial
- 有个裁判不公正。
- One of the judges was partial. → 公正
- 别护着自己的孩子。
- Don't be partial to your own child. → 护
- 成绩好的学生可以减免学费。
- Students with high marks can enjoy a partial or total tuition waiver. → 减免
- 分批交货
- delivery by instalments; partial delivery → 交货
- 局部利益
- partial and local interests → 局部
- 日偏食
- partial solar eclipse → 偏食
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