partial adj. 1.一部分的,局部的,不完全的。 2.不公平的;偏袒的。 3.偏愛的,特別歡喜的 (to)。 4.【植物;植物學】后生的,再生的。 partial drought 小旱。 partial in one's judgement 判斷不公平的。 be partial to 偏愛 (He is too partial to tobacco. 他太歡喜抽煙了)。 adv. -ly n. -ness =partiality.
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 同義詞:partial,
百科解釋
In mathematics, a partial derivative of a function of several variables is its derivative with respect to one of those variables, with the others held constant (as opposed to the total derivative, in which all variables are allowed to vary). Partial derivatives are used in vector calculus and differential geometry.