Partial

Partial may refer to:

Mathematics
  • Partial derivative
    • ∂, the partial derivative symbol, often read as "partial"
  • Partial differential equation
  • Partial function
  • Partially ordered set
Other
  • Partial agonist, in pharmacology
  • Partial algorithm, in computer science
  • Partial charge, in chemistry
  • Partial index, in database management
  • Part score, in contract bridge
  • Partial seizure, epilepsy
  • Partial wave, in acoustics and music

Famous quotes containing the word partial:

    “We were soon in the smooth water of the Quakish Lake,... and we had our first, but a partial view of Ktaadn, its summit veiled in clouds, like a dark isthmus in that quarter, connecting the heavens with the earth.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The one-eyed man will be King in the country of the blind only if he arrives there in full possession of his partial faculties—that is, providing he is perfectly aware of the precise nature of sight and does not confuse it with second sight ... nor with madness.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 1:17.