Remaining correlation of two random variables in a stochastic process after intervening random variables have been accounted for.

(mathematics, in a system of multiple variables) To remove one variable (by giving it a fixed value) in order to identify any correlation between others

plural of partial pin

(chess) A pin where a rook or queen is pinned along a file, or a bishop or queen is pinned along a diagonal.

That partiality by which people overrate their own worth when compared with others.

(computing theory) A technique for program optimization by specialization, so as to produce new programs which run faster than the originals while guaranteed to behave in the same way.

(mathematics) The sum of the first n terms of an infinite series, where n is a finite number.

plural of partial sum

plural of partial veil

(mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable in a partial derivative, or the result of partial differentiation