partial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.

   So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.

2. 2
   adj

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.

   The referee is blatantly partial!

4. 4
   adj

   Having a predilection for something.

   not partial to an ostentatious display

5. 5
   adj

   Having a wordplay element, but no definition.

   Twelve six- letter lights form a group; these have only partial clues.

6. 6
   noun

   A fragment of a template containing markup.

   In fact, as seen in Chapters 5 and 6, the resulting document is usually the product of rendering a layout, which yields the rendering of the template at hand, which in turn can invoke the rendering of other templates and/or one or more partials.

7. 7
   noun

   The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.

   Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time.

8. 8
   adj

   being or affecting only a part

Etymology

From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).