being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"
(followed by `of'' or `to'') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies" 同义词:fond,
a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency 同义词:overtone, partial tone,
the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant 同义词:partial derivative,