partials
Not the whole
Partials are incomplete or fragmentary parts of a whole.
In music, partials are the component frequencies that make up a complex tone—the fundamental plus its overtones.
In dentistry, partials are removable dentures replacing some but not all teeth: She takes out her partials at night.
In weightlifting, partials are exercises performed through only part of the normal range of motion.
Subsidiary meaning or harmonic
- fundamentalForming the base
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- frequencyRate of recurrence
vibration · node · antinode · pitch · tone · acoustic · waveform · oscillation
Number being divided
- denominatorFraction's bottom number
- halvesEqual portions of whole
- thirdsOne of three parts
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
eighths · sixteenths · improper · proper · equivalent · simplify · reciprocal · ratio
Not yet complete
- draftPreliminary version of text
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- outlineSummary of key elements
- roughUneven in surface
preliminary · tentative · provisional · inchoate · nascent · embryonic · undeveloped · unrefined
overtone
Subsidiary meaning or harmonic
- fundamentalForming the base
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- timbreSound's distinctive character
frequency · vibration · node · antinode · pitch · tone · acoustic · waveform · oscillation · spectrum
numerator
Number being divided
- denominatorFraction's bottom number
- halvesEqual portions of whole
- thirdsOne of three parts
quarters · eighths · sixteenths · improper · proper · equivalent · simplify · reciprocal · ratio · proportion
unfinished
Not yet complete
rough · preliminary · tentative · provisional · inchoate · nascent · embryonic · undeveloped · unrefined · fragmentary
share
Portion given out
fraction · segment · section · allocation · allotment · quota · ration · helping · serving · cut
- harmonyharmony, chord, chords, triad, triads
- acousticssound waves, sound wave, sound, soundwave, vibration
- denturesdentures, false teeth, complete dentures, full dentures, dental plate
- timbretimbre, tone color, quality, resonance, overtones
- bellfoundingbellfounding, bronze casting, carillons, church bells, clapper
- dental labdental lab, dental labs, dental technician, dentures, crowns
partialswholes
Complete unified amounts
completes · totals · entireties · complete sets · aggregates
- partial toHaving a preference for
- partial creditPoints for incomplete answers
- partial cookingIncomplete heat preparation
- partial paymentFraction of amount owed
- partially openNot completely closed
- partial eclipseHeavenly body partly obscured