Adjective partial has 3 senses
- partial - being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"
Antonym: complete (indirect, via incomplete)
- partial, unfair - showing favoritism
Antonyms: impartial, fair, disinterested, dispassionate, cold-eyed, unbiased, unbiassed, indifferent
- fond, partial - (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"
Antonym: disinclined (indirect, via inclined)
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Noun partial has 2 senses
- partial derivative, partial - 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
--1 is a kind of derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative
- overtone, partial, partial tone - a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
--2 is a kind of harmonic
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