composite vs partial

composite

noun
  • A mixture of different components. 

  • A function of a function. 

  • A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials. 

  • A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images. 

  • A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor. 

  • A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae. 

adj
  • Made up of multiple components; compound or complex. 

  • Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets. 

  • Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles. 

  • Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one. 

  • Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy. 

verb
  • To make a composite. 

partial

noun
  • An incomplete fingerprint 

  • dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth 

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

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

  • A fragment of a template containing markup. 

  • The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise. 

adj
  • of 

  • having a predilection for something 

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

  • describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates 

  • existing as a part or portion; incomplete 

  • subordinate 

  • of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential 

verb
  • To take the partial regression coefficient. 

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