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[ adjective ] small or little relative to something else
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)But the firm has recognized the tight dollar and the tourist 's desire to visit the `` smaller , less traveled and relatively inexpensive countries '' , and is now prepared to teach modern_Greek and Portuguese through recordings . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Every time you transplant a pansy you cause its flowers to become smaller . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Nor will the hack , the Jack-of-all-trades , still found in some of the smaller art_schools , suffice . (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)This is much smaller than the highest resolution of even the very large reflectors now under construction , and consequently the radio_emission of different regions of the disk cannot be resolved . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The lower_limit was determined by the fact that for smaller flow_rates the arc started to strike to the anode holder instead of to the porous graphite plug and that it became highly unstable . Related terms |
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