PARTIAL


Meaning of PARTIAL in English

■ adjective

1》 existing only in part; incomplete.

2》 favouring one side in a dispute above the other; biased.

3》 ( ~ to ) having a liking for.

■ noun Music an overtone or harmonic.

Derivatives

~ity noun

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

ME: from OFr. parcial (sense 2), Fr. partiel (sense 1), from late L. ~is , from pars , part- 'part'.

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