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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
partial
/ˈpɑːʃəl/
adjective1 of 2
not complete; being only part of something
- “This is a partial list of the things we need.”Tatoeba
- “A leaf can become partially red and yellow in autumn.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)