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dalton's law of partial pressures

  • noun (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
    Dalton's law; Dalton's law of partial pressures.
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kendall partial rank correlation

  • noun a nonparametric measure of partial correlation
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law of partial pressures

  • noun (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
    Dalton's law; Dalton's law of partial pressures.
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partial abortion

  • noun termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception
    incomplete abortion.
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partial breach

  • noun a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages
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partial correlation

  • noun a correlation between two variables when the effects of one or more related variables are removed
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partial denture

  • noun a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch
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partial derivative

  • noun 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
    partial.
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partial differential equation

  • noun a differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable
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Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation

  • etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differentiation etc., of the function, upon the hypothesis that some of the variables are for the time constant.
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partial eclipse

  • noun an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured
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Partial fractions

  • (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a given fraction.
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partial tone

  • noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
    partial tone; partial; overtone.
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Partial tones

  • noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
    partial tone; partial; overtone.
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  • (Music), the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone color. See, also, Tone.
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partial veil

  • noun membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
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partial verdict

  • noun (criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others
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