partial


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
partial/ˈpɑːʃl/
adjective
  • 1 existing only in part; incomplete.
  • 2 favouring one side in a dispute above the other; biased.
  • 3 (partial to) having a liking for.
noun Music an overtone or harmonic.
– derivatives
partiality noun,
partially adverb,
partialness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. parcial (sense 2 of the adjective), Fr. partiel (sense 1 of the adjective), from late L. partialis, from pars, part- ‘part’.
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