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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɑː^rʃ^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɑrʃəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pär′shəl)

par•tial /ˈpɑrʃəl/USA pronunciation adj.

being in part only; incomplete:partial payment.
biased or prejudiced in favor of one person, etc., over another:The judge was partial.

impartial.

Idioms

Idioms partial to, [ be + ~] favoring;
especially fond of:is partial to vanilla ice cream.

par•ti•al•i•ty /pɑrʃiˈælɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]showed partiality in hiring his friend's son for the position.
par•tial•ly, adv.: The sun was partially blocked by the clouds.See -par-.

par•tial (pär′shəl),USA pronunciation adj.

being such in part only;
not total or general;
incomplete:partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in a controversy:a partial witness.
pertaining to or affecting a part.
being a part;
component;
constituent.
Botanysecondary or subordinate:a partial umbel.
Idioms partial to, having a liking or preference for;
particularly fond of:I'm partial to chocolate cake.

Games[Bridge.]part-score.
Music and Dance[Acoustics, Music.]See partial tone.

Late Latin partiālis pertaining to a part, equivalent. to Latin parti- (stem of pars) part + -ālis -al¹
Middle French
late Middle English parcial biased, particular 1375–1425

par′tial•ly, adv.
par′tial•ness, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

partial /ˈpɑːʃəl/ adj

relating to only a part; not general or complete: a partial explanation
biased: a partial judge
(postpositive) followed by to: having a particular liking (for)
designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time

Also called: 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
a partial derivative

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin partiālis incomplete, from Latin pars partˈpartially adv ˈpartialness n USAGE

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