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Meaning of partial

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  partial
      adj 1: being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial
             description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a
             partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial
             immunity"
      2: showing favoritism [ant: {impartial}]
      3: (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or
         liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"
         [syn: {fond(p)}, {partial(p)}]
      n 1: 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 [syn: {partial derivative},
           {partial}]
      2: a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the
         fundamental frequency [syn: {overtone}, {partial}, {partial
         tone}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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