Partial Transfer (Term)

The first part of a procedure where the channel takes a partial transfer into their secondary system and then using an internal shunt moves the selyn to their primary system.
From email from Jacqueline Lichtenberg May 2013: Partial and shunt-splice is then the multi-stage procedure of taking a partial transfer and shunting that new selyn from secondary to primary system. The channel can get "enough" selyn (by quantity) to survive, but not get the necessary satisfaction to really "live."  Repeated partials cause the channel's ability to make judgement calls and to perform channel's functionals to deteriorate. 
The Partial is the method used to survive on selyn taken from a battery -- a mechanical form of storage meant to power machinery, not people.