- partial⇄adj. 1. not complete; not total.
Ex. a partial eclipse. Father has made a partial payment on our new car.
(SYN) incomplete, imperfect.
2. inclined to favor one side more than another; favoring unfairly.
Ex. A parent should not b - partial⇄noun partialness.
- partial⇄noun 1. (Music.) partial tone.
Ex. The audibility of partials is not only limited by the threshold of frequency sensitivity (F. A. Kuttner).
2. (Informal.) partial denture. - partial⇄partial, adjective, noun.