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partial
Constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
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adjective
Constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
“A fractional share of the vote”
adjective
Being or affecting only a part; not total
“A partial description of the suspect”
adjective
(followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) having a strong preference or liking for
“Fond of chocolate”
adjective
Showing favoritism
noun
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
noun
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
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A fractional share of the vote
A partial dose
A partial description of the suspect
Partial collapse
A partial eclipse
A partial monopoly
Partial immunity
Fond of chocolate
Partial to horror movies
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