partial
Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
Example
“So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.”
Other meanings
Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
“It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.”
Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
“The referee is blatantly partial!”
Synonyms
- fractional
Related words
- nonpartial
- overpartial
- partialism
- partialist
- partialize
- partialness
- semipartial
- subpartial
- unpartial
- impartial
- impartiality
- partial equilibrium
Word history
From Latin "pars" (part).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “partial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.