partialfitting
nounA partial fitting is when you try on clothes that are only partly finished to see how they fit.
The tailor scheduled a partial fitting to check the jacket's shoulders before adding the sleeves.
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2. In statistics, partial fitting refers to estimating some model parameters while holding others fixed.
The analyst used partial fitting to update the regression coefficients without recomputing the full model.
3. In engineering, partial fitting means assembling only some components of a system for an interim test.
A partial fitting of the pipe network let engineers check the joints before the full installation.
4. In machine learning, partial fitting describes updating a model incrementally with new batches of data.
The classifier supports partial fitting, so it can learn from streaming data without retraining from scratch.