meaning of partial
1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.
2. Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.
3. Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
4. Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.
5. a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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