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adjective(par-tial)of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
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adjective(par-tial)inclined to favor one party more than the other : biased
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adjective(par-tial)markedly fond of someone or something —used with to
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noun(par-tial)overtone
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noun(par-tial)dilation and extraction
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noun(par-tial)a usually removable artificial replacement of one or more teeth
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noun(par-tial)the derivative of a function of several variables with respect to one of them and with the remaining variables treated as constants
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noun(par-tial)a differential equation containing at least one partial derivative
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noun(par-tial)the process of finding a partial derivative
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noun(par-tial)one of the simpler fractions into the sum of which the quotient of two polynomials may be decomposed
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noun(par-tial)the pressure exerted by a (specified) component in a mixture of gases
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noun(par-tial)a product obtained by multiplying a multiplicand by one digit of a multiplier having more than one digit