partially

adv : in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to

blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: {partly}, {part}]

[ant: {wholly}]

partial key

A {key} which identifies a subset of a set of

information items (e.g. database "{records}"), and which could

narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were

combined with it.

(1997-04-26)