Impartiality vs. Partial

Impartiality vs. Partial — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Impartiality and Partial

Impartialitynoun

The quality of being impartial; fairness.

Partialadjective

existing as a part or portion; incomplete

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

Impartialitynoun

an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally

Partialadjective

(computer science) 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.

Partialadjective

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

The referee is blatantly partial!

Partialadjective

(followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something

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Partialadjective

(mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential

Partialadjective

(botany) subordinate

Partialnoun

(mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.

Partialnoun

(music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.

Partialnoun

(dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth

Partialnoun

(forensics) An incomplete fingerprint

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Partialnoun

A fragment of a template containing markup.

Partialverb

To take the partial regression coefficient.

Partialnoun

the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant

Partialnoun

a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

Partialadjective

being or affecting only a part; not total;

a partial description of the suspectpartial collapsea partial eclipsea partial monopolypartial immunity

Partialadjective

showing favoritism

Partialadjective

(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for;

fond of chocolatepartial to horror movies