What's the difference between apart and partial?

Apart


Definition:

  • (adv.) Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
  • (adv.) In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.
  • (adv.) Aside; away.
  • (adv.) In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Angiopathic and traumatic influences conditioned by metabolism, apart from local peculiarities are taken into consideration.
  • (2) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
  • (3) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
  • (4) Each subject received, on 2 separate days 1 week apart, an intravenous injection of either placebo or urapidil (25 or, if necessary, 50 mg).
  • (5) Many Cornish people believe the far south-west of England is a nation apart from the rest of Britain.
  • (6) The three-year-old comes into the kitchen for a drink, and as Steve opens the fridge, I can see it contains nothing apart from a half-full bottle of milk.
  • (7) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
  • (8) At discharge, 58% were living with their families, 23% were living in group homes, 12% were in supervised apartments and 5% were in an alternative rehabilitation centre.
  • (9) It is the combination of his company's pan-African and industrialist vision – reminiscent of the aspirations of African independence pioneers like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah – and its relentless financial growth that has set Dangote apart.
  • (10) The residual values were positively correlated in parent-offspring pairs and among sibs, both those presumed to be living together and those presumed to be living apart.
  • (11) I personally felt grateful that British TV set itself apart from its international rivals in this way, not afraid to challenge, to stretch the mind and imagination.
  • (12) One may speculate whether clinical conditions exist--apart from hereditary retinal dystrophies--in which the retina becomes more sensitive to light from strong artificial or natural sources, which are otherwise innoxious.
  • (13) In recent years, apart from these well known risks, the immuno-suppressive effect of blood transfusions has been observed and thereby the possible adverse influence on the prognosis in cases of malignant disease.
  • (14) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
  • (15) Far from securing the regime change they were seeking, the creditors now find that Syriza is being supported by all Greek political parties apart from the communists and the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.
  • (16) They were placed less than 5 m apart, and estimation of the pollen amount was made on a day-to-day basis during the pollen seasons, and on a weekly basis outside the seasons.
  • (17) Apart from the interposition of the colon between the liver and the diaphragm, no other pathological changes were found.
  • (18) I had to beg to stay in the apartment I was living in at the time for another night.
  • (19) There were no major differences in blood composition, apart from increases in blood urea N, as a result of N fertilization.
  • (20) cDNA was prepared by reverse transcription of peripheral blood mRNA and amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers corresponding to sequences 400 bp apart on the cDNA, spanning the last three exons (X, Y, Z) of the beta-Sp gene.

Partial


Definition:

  • (n.) Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.
  • (n.) Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.
  • (n.) Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
  • (n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Steady-state values of cell, glucose, and cellulase concentration oxygen tension, and outlet gas oxygen partial pressure were recorded.
  • (2) Correction for within-person variation in urinary excretion increased this partial correlation coefficient between intake and excretion to 0.59 (95% CI = 0.03 to 0.87).
  • (3) Previous attempts to purify this enzyme from the liquid endosperm of kernels of Zea mays (sweet corn) were not entirely successful owing to the lability of partially purified preparations during column chromatography.
  • (4) In 22 cases (63%), retinal detachment was at least partially flattened in the area of the posterior pole of the eye.
  • (5) The sequential histopathologic alterations in femorotibial joints of partial meniscectomized male and female guinea pigs were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks post-surgery.
  • (6) Formerly, many patients in this category were considered either inoperable or candidates for total or partial nephrectomy.
  • (7) Histone mRNA, labeled with 32P or 3H-methionine during the S phase of partially synchronized HeLa cells, was isolated from the polyribosomes and purified as a "9S" component by sucrose gradient sedimentation.
  • (8) However, those studies used partial maximal expiratory flow volume (PMEFV) curves to assess lung function.
  • (9) The authors suggest that the outstanding high sensitivity of the above mentioned two tests applied parallelly reveals that they highlights partially different aspects of coronary artery disease, and that is why the overlapping between the methods is relatively small.
  • (10) Catheters containing 0% and 10% heparin were compared in each individual using ultrasound microflow velocimetry, permeability test, sequential determinations of activated partial thromboplastin time, heparin levels and generation of Fibrinopeptide A, beta thromboglobulin and Platelet factor 4.
  • (11) Rachitic bone lesions were only partially corrected by the high-Ca diet.
  • (12) We conclude that heparin plus AT III partially prevents the endotoxin-induced generation of PAI activity which seems to correlate with the reduced presence of fibrin deposits in kidneys and with a reduced mortality.
  • (13) (2) A close correlation between the obesity index and serum GPT was recognized by elevation of the standard partial regression coefficient of serum GPT to obesity index and that of obesity index to serum GPT when the data from all 617 students was analysed in one group.
  • (14) The conus was found to contribute little to forward flow under ordinary circumstances, but its contribution increased greatly during bleeding or partial occlusion of the truncus.
  • (15) Three angiographic observations showing partial mesenteric vascularisation of renal tumours were made.
  • (16) The animals remained on partial venovenous bypass until the termination of the experiment 96 h after injury.
  • (17) During the treatment phase we found a complete relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), a partial relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), and some relief of symptoms in 12 (54%) in group 2.
  • (18) Transcription studies in vitro on repression of the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli show that partially purified trp repressor binds specifically to DNA containing the trp operator with a repressor-operator dissociation constant of about 0.2 nM in 0.12 M salt at 37 degrees , a value consistent with the extent of trp operon regulation in vivo.
  • (19) were partially blocked by bicuculline (30 microM), partially blocked by a combination of 6-cyano-2,3-dihydroxy-7-nitroquinoxaline (CNQX, 10 microM) and DL-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV, 30 microM) and completely blocked when all three antagonists were applied together.
  • (20) Radio-immunoprecipitation and partial proteolytic digest mapping showed that the monoclonal antibodies each recognized a unique epitope.