different between partial vs prejudicial

English

Etymology

From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin parti?lis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p????l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p????l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)??l
• Hyphenation: par?tial

Adjective

partial (comparative more partial, superlative most partial)

1. existing as a part or portion; incomplete

2. (computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates

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

   Antonym: impartial

   • 17th century, Alexander Pope, a letter

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

   Synonym: fond of

5. (mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
6. (botany) subordinate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

partial (plural partials)

1. (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
2. (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
3. (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
4. (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
5. (programming, Internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
   • 2009, Antonio Cangiano, Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers (page 356)

     In fact, as seen in Chapters 5 and 6, the resulting document is usually the product of rendering a layout, which yields the rendering of the template at hand, which in turn can invoke the rendering of other templates and/or one or more partials.

Verb

partial (third-person singular simple present partials, present participle partialing or partialling, simple past and past participle partialed or partialled)

1. (statistics, transitive) To take the partial regression coefficient.

Further reading

• partial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• partial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• partial at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• patrial

French

Etymology

From Middle French partial, borrowed from Late Latin parti?lis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”). Doublet of partiel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.sjal/

Adjective

partial (feminine singular partiale, masculine plural partiaux, feminine plural partiales)

1. partial, biased

Further reading

• “partial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• prejudical, prejudicall (obsolete)

Adjective

prejudicial (comparative more prejudicial, superlative most prejudicial)

1. Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
2. Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
   • 2011, Minette Walters, The Scold's Bridle

     Were I to give you money, for whatever reason, it would be extremely prejudicial to your chances in court if you were unfortunate enough to appear there.

3. (law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.

Synonyms

• (causing harm): See also Thesaurus:harmful

Antonyms

• (law): probative

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

prejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais, comparable)

1. harmful

   Synonyms: danoso, nocivo, daninho

2. prejudicial

Derived terms

• prejudicialidade
• prejudicialmente

Further reading

• “prejudicial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French préjudiciel.

Adjective

prejudicial m or n (feminine singular prejudicial?, masculine plural prejudiciali, feminine and neuter plural prejudiciale)

1. prejudicial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

pre- +? judicial

Adjective

prejudicial (plural prejudiciales)

1. prior to the administration of justice

See also

• perjudicial
• prejuiciado

Further reading

• “prejudicial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.