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partial sum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
par-tial -sum
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

partial sums (plural)

Questions

What does partial sum mean?
The sum of the first n terms of an infinite series, where n is a finite number.

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