par´tial|ness

par´tial|ness
par|tial «PAHR shuhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. not complete; not total: »

a partial eclipse. Father has made a partial payment on our new car.

 SYNONYM(S): incomplete, imperfect.
2. inclined to favor one side more than another; favoring unfairly: »

A parent should not be partial to any one of his children.

SYNONYM(S): biased, prejudiced, one-sided.
3. having a liking for; favorably inclined: »

He is partial to sports.

4. Mathematics. (of a function of two or more variables) relative to only one of the variables involved, the rest being for the time supposed constant: »

Partial product is the result of multiplying a number by one digit of the multiplier (Richard Madden).

–n.
1. Music. partial tone: »

The audibility of partials is not only limited by the threshold of frequency sensitivity (F. A. Kuttner).

2. Informal. partial denture.
╂[< Old French parcial, learned borrowing from Late Latin partiālis < Latin pars, partis part]
–par´tial|ness, noun.

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  • im|par´tial|ly — im|par|tial «ihm PAHR shuhl», adjective. showing no more favor to one side than to the other; fair; just: »A judge should be impartial. SYNONYM(S): unbiased, unprejudiced, equitable. See syn. under fair1. (Cf. ↑fair) –im|par´tial|ly, adverb.… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • par — par·ti striped; par·ti·ta; par·tite; par·ti·tion·al; par·ti·tioned; par·ti·tion·er; par·ti·tion·ing; par·ti·tion·ist; par·ti·tive·ly; par·ti·tur; par·ti·ver·sal; par·trick; par·tu·la; par·tu·ri·fa·cient; par·tu·ri·tion; par·ty·ism; par·u·la;… …   English syllables

  • im — im; im·age·less; im·ag·er; im·ag·ism; im·balance; im·base; im·bat; im·ba·uba; im·be; im·be·cile·ly; im·be·cil·ic; im·be·cil·i·ty; im·bibe; im·bib·er; im·bi·bi·tion; im·bi·bi·tion·al; im·bi·rus·sú; im·brex; im·bri·ca·tion; im·bro·glio; im·brue;… …   English syllables

  • impartial — im•par•tial [[t]ɪmˈpɑr ʃəl[/t]] adj. not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge[/ex] • Etymology: 1585–95 im•par ti•al′i•ty ʃiˈæl ɪ ti im•par′tial•ness,n. im•par′tial•ly, adv. syn: See fair I …   From formal English to slang

  • Impartialness — Im*par tial*ness, n. Impartiality. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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