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partial 1. Botany a. constituting part of a larger structure b. used for only part of the life cycle of a plant c. (of a parasite) not exclusively parasitic 2. Maths designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time 3. Music Acoustics any of the component tones of a single musical sound, including both those that belong to the harmonic series of the sound and those that do not 4. Maths a partial derivative How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I cannot help fancying that she is growing partial to my brother. It may be that we were the sport of a kind of hallucination brought about by the semi-darkness of the theater and the partial gloom that filled Box Five. For by deviating in exceptional cases from the normal idiom, the language will gain distinction; while, at the same time, the partial conformity with usage will give perspicuity. |
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