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:
“The only coöperation which is commonly possible is exceedingly partial and superficial; and what little true coöperation there is, is as if it were not, being a harmony inaudible to men. If a man has faith, he will coöperate with equal faith everywhere; if he has not faith, he will continue to live like the rest of the world, whatever company he is joined to.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“And meanwhile we have gone on living,
Living and partly living,
Picking together the pieces,
Gathering faggots at nightfall,
Building a partial shelter,
For sleeping and eating and drinking and laughter.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“It is characteristic of the epistemological tradition to present us with partial scenarios and then to demand whole or categorical answers as it were.”
—Avrum Stroll (b. 1921)