• (America) IPA: /ˈpɑɹʃəl/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːʃəl/

partial

1. existing as a part or portion; incomplete

   So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.

2. (computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates

   It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.

3. biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute

   Antonyms: impartial

   The referee is blatantly partial!

   • 17th century, Alexander Pope, a letter

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4. (followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
   • 1815 February 23, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (please specify ), Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], OCLC 742335644 ↗:

   Synonyms: fond of

5. (mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
6. (botany) subordinate

• French: partiel
• German: teilweise, partiell
• Italian: parziale
• Portuguese: parcial
• Russian: части́чный
• Spanish: parcial

• French: partial
• German: parteiisch
• Portuguese: parcial
• Russian: предвзя́тый
• Spanish: parcial

partial (plural partials)

1. (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
2. (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
3. (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
4. (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
5. (programming, internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
   • 2009, Antonio Cangiano, Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers (page 356)

     In fact, as seen in Chapters 5 and 6, the resulting document is usually the product of rendering a layout, which yields the rendering of the template at hand, which in turn can invoke the rendering of other templates and/or one or more partials.

partial (partials, present participle partialing; past and past participle partialed)

1. (statistics, transitive) To take the partial regression coefficient.