Less Than

Definition: Less Than

Less Than

Adverb

1. Comparing quantity or quality; "she was less than half her weight after the crash diet".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Computing

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Synonym: Less Than

Instantaneity

Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste).

Crosswords: Less Than

I am 42 years old, in less than a year I will be dead. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

She and the infant had been buried less than half a year; I would have been happy to join them. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Usually a lot less than people imagine. (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick)

Don't hurt us lady, our take-home is less than $300? (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

Who is gonna mug two black fellas, holding pistols, sat in a car that is worth less than your shirt? (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Make em' undress in less than 3 seconds (Fatty Girl; performing artist: Ludacris)

My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat ("El Paso"; performing artist: Marty Robbins)

And be less than I was just to prove I could walk beside you (... On The Radio (Remember The Days); performing artist: Nelly Furtado)

But I got to be at work in less than an hour (Modern Girl; performing artist: Sheena Easton)

Two is less than three, (New Math; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Less Than Kin (1918)

The Less Than Perfect Daughter (1991)

Less Than Zero (1987)

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References

• The World Market for Coated Paper and Paperboard Used for Writing and Printing with Less Than 150 G/M2 and 10% by Weight of Fiber by Mechanical Process, in Rolls or Sheets: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Shootout on Wall Street: The $4000 to $1000000 Formula in Less Than a Year (reference)

• Best Seller: A Nostalgic Celebration of the Less Than Great Books You Have Always Been Afraid to Admit You Loved (reference)

• How to Get Admitted to College: Even If You Have Less Than Perfect High School Grades (reference)

• Crash Course for the Gre: 10 Simple Steps in Less Than 1 Week (Princeton Review Series) (reference)

• Toilet Training in Less Than a Day (reference)

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Periodicals

• Financial Aid In Less Than 3000 Words (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Town&Country Crafts in Less Than 10 M (reference)

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High Tech

• CD-RW Drive 4x/4x/6x USB 1.0super Slim Less Than 1/2 Pound (reference)

• Replacement Lamp for Lt81/lt100 Cust Pay Ship for Po Less Than 10k (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Biesemeyer 78-955 T-Square Table Saw BladeGuard System for Fences Less Than 40" Long (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Mice were injected with mouse sarcoma cells amd treated 3 days later when many micro-metastatic tumor foci were evident in the lungs. Lungs on the left were treated with saline. The lungs on the right were treated with lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells plus recombinant interleukin-2. Greater than 250 sarcoma metastases are seen in the lungs of saline treated mice. This number is significantly reduced to less than 12 in mice receiving LAK cells plus recombinant interleukin-2. Normal mouse lung is 1 inch long.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Seen is a normal mole, with no change in size. Usually less than 6mm. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The anal segment of Mansonia mosquito bears four prominent hair tufts on the ventral aspect of the saddle. Comb scales on the eighth abdominal segment usually number less than eight.Credit: CDC.

The West Fjords are a series of peninsulas in northwestern Iceland. They represent less than one-eighth the country's land area, but their jagged perimeter accounts for more than half of Iceland's total coastline.Credit: NASA.

Sound ranging operations of 8th FAOB 70 sound bases established in less than one year Image from the 8th FAOB Album.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Photo #1 of Mount St. Elias sequence. Mount Saint Elias is one of the largest mountains visible from the sea on the North American continent. It rises to a height of 18,008 feet in a distance of less than 20 miles from sea level at Icy Bay.Credit: America's Coastlines.

An image of Gambacorta Creek, this creek is less than a mile from Army Creek and also drains into the Delaware River. This image shows the Gambacorta tide gate nearing low tide.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

French CYANA operates to 3000 meters, less than half the average ocean depth.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Sounding technique used by Sir James Clark Ross in obtaining first modern deep sea sounding on January 3, 1840 at Latitude 27 26 S and Longitude 17 29 W. The observed depth was 2,425 fathoms. On January 22, 1968, the ESSA Ship DISCOVERER sounded at the same location with a modern echo-sounder and measured 2312 fathoms, less than a 5 per cent error for Ross's observation.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 9. Winch system for use with the Pettersson bifilar current measuring device. It is a hand-crank winch designed for use in less than 100-meters water depth. Prince Albert I of Monaco personally used such a winch for observations on Gorringe Bank in 1904.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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For if the consent of the majority shall not, in reason, be received as the act of the whole, and conclude every individual; nothing but the consent of every individual can make any thing to be the act of the whole: but such a consent is next to impossible ever to be had, if we consider the infirmities of health, and avocations of business, which in a number, though much less than that of a common-wealth, will necessarily keep many away from the public assembly. (Second Treatise of Government)

Option by a husband will cover his wife and option by parents will cover their children less than 18 years of age. (reference)

What then is the over-all strategic concept which we should inscribe today? It is nothing less than the safety and welfare, the freedom and progress, of all the homes and families of all the men and women in all the lands. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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They must not do less than others, or she should be exposed to odious suspicions, and imagined capable of pitiful resentment.

Of the remaining 28, no less than 26 have sent in accidental solutions, and therefore fall short of the highest honours.

The merchants valued him not less than we, his esoteric friends.

It was evident that in less than five minutes his ribs would be crushed.

Then they were beaten, believed him, and took two dollars less than he had first offered.

It stood prominent six feet, and could not be less than sixteen in circumference.

I love the wild not less than the good.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The surgery should take less than 30 minutes. (references)

Reduce indoor humidity to less than 50 percent. (references)

Sealing one tooth usually costs less than filling one tooth. (references)

Business

Only agriculture grew by less than 5 percent. (references)

This waste also has to contain less than 5% organic waste. (references)

About 80% of them are small, employing less than 50 people. (references)

Children

Cape Verde

Attendance rates by boys and girls differ by less than 1 percent. (references)

Seychelles

Children in the latter programs received a training stipend, which was less than the minimum wage. (references)

Sri Lanka

The penalty for pedophilia is not less than 5 years and up to 20 years as well as an unspecified fine. (references)

Civil Liberties

Azerbaijan

Internet access costs less than $1 (4,600 manats) per hour. (references)

Iran

Baha'i, Christian, Zoroastrian, and Jewish communities constitute less than 1 percent of the population. (references)

Colombia

On November 9, the AUC threatened three journalists and a cameraman and advised them to abandon their profession in less than 48 hours or face execution. (references)

Discrimination

Bhutan

It claims that ethnic Nepalese fill 22 percent of government jobs, which is slightly less than their proportion of the total population. (references)

Economic History

Mauritius

The U.S. share was less than one percent. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish. (references)

Human Rights

Spain

In practice pretrial custody is usually less than a year. (references)

Madagascar

Prison cells average less than 1 square yard of space per inmate. (references)

Cuba

Almost all cases are tried in less than 1 day; there are no jury trials. (references)

Indigenous People

Denmark

The compensation is substantially less than the amount that the defendants sued for, and the case remained under appeal in the Supreme Court at year's end. (references)

Finland

Sami (Lapps), who constitute less than 0.1 percent of the population, benefit from legal provisions that provide for the protection of minority rights and customs. (references)

Australia

The Bureau of Statistics' report entitled Australia's Health 2000 concluded that the average life expectancy of an indigenous person continues to be 20 years less than that of a nonindigenous person. (references)

Minorities

New Zealand

Asians, who make up less than 5 percent of the population, also experience discrimination. (references)

Kuwait

Bidoon pay more for medical care than citizens do, although less than third-country residents. (references)

Tajikistan

Ethnic Russians and other Russian speakers, for example, Ukrainians, make up less than 2 percent of the population. (references)

Political Economy

Uganda

The four other candidates received less than 4 percent of the vote. (references)

GUATEMALA

Personal income taxes account for less than two percent of all tax revenues. (references)

COLOMBIA

Seventy-seven percent of Colombian workers earn less than twice the minimum wage. (references)

Political Rights

Yemen

Voter registration of women is less than half that of men. (references)

Uzbekistan

Traditionally women participate much less than men in government and politics. (references)

Paraguay

The coup attempt lasted less than 1 day, and the majority of the military remained loyal to the Government. (references)

Trade

El Salvador

K. Plain silver coins of less than 0.900 purity. (references)

Peru

Such licenses cover an extremely small portion of total Peruvian exports -- less than 1%. (references)

Argentina

If the product shows no problems, its registration should be ready in less than thirty (30) days. (references)

Travel

Peru

Tourists staying less than 90 days do not require visa. (references)

Senegal

U.S. citizens do not need a visa for stays of less than 90 days. (references)

Ghana

It is illegal to pay anything less than this figure to any employee. (references)

Women

Switzerland

Women also are promoted less than men. (references)

Slovak Republic

On average women earn 22 percent less than men. (references)

Bhutan

Women in unskilled jobs generally are paid slightly less than men. (references)

Worker Rights

Dominican Republic

Many cane cutters earn less than $4.00 (60 pesos) per day. (references)

Philippines

The children earn far less than adults would demand for the same work. (references)

Jordan

The strike lasted less than a week and the workers received all wages due. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "less than": in less than ♦ in less than no time ♦ less than carload freight ♦ little less than ♦ meat in pieces of less than 100 grams ♦ neither more nor less than ♦ no less than ♦ nothing less than. Additional references.

Albanian

tamam aq (nothing less than), jo më pak se (no less than), jo më (no less than, no longer), hiç më pak se (nothing less than). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مافيش أقل من (nothing less than), ‏لا شىء أقل من (nothing less than). (various references)

Bulgarian 

чисто и просто (nothing but, nothing less than), нищо друго освен (nothing but, nothing less than). (various references)

Chinese 

之下 (beneath, under), 以內 (within). (various references)

Czech

ne ménì než (no less than, nothing less than), alespoò (at least, leastways, leastwise, no less than). (various references)

Danish

stykgodstrafik (less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic, sundries traffic), stykgods (less than carload freight, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls), staalvaerksfolkene proever at styre fremstillingen af det stoebte staal saaledes,at gasudviklingen er netop stor nok til at forhindre,ar der findes gasblaerer mindre end 1 cm fra overfladen (the steelmakers thus try to control elaboration fabrication and teeming in such a way that the rimming action is enough to prevent blowholes becoming entrapped at less than 1 cm from the surface), reservister,som indkaldes til en træningsperiode,der ikke overstiger én måned.Disse klassificeres som civilt beskæftigede efter deres tidligere civilretlige status (reservists who are recalled for a period of training of less than a month and who continue to be clasified as being in civilian employment according to their previous status), kød i stykker på under 100 g (meat in pieces of less than 100 grams), hektometertransport (transport over distances of less than one kilometre), gennemfoere en forhoejelse paa mindst 20 % af deres samlede vaerdi (to bring about an increase of not less than 20 percent in their total value), disse satser nedsaettes paa hvert trin med mindst lO % af basistoldsatsen (at each reduction, be lowered by not less than lO % of the basic duty, such duties shall), daempningen i en vekselstroemsledning er maerkbar mindre end i en jaevnstroemsledning (attenuation with a line working in the anti-parallel mode is markedly less than the attenuation with a line working in parallel mode), alle personer,som har bopael i landet,men som befinder sig eller har til hensigt at befinde sig i den oevrige verden i en periode,der ikke overstiger ét aar,betragtes som midlertidigt fravaerende (in the rest of the world for a period of less than one year, or intends to stay). (various references)

Dutch

vlees in stukken van minder dan 100 gram (meat in pieces of less than 100 grams), stukgoedvervoer (less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic), stukgoedverkeer (less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic), stukgoed (less than carload freight, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls), reservisten opgeroepen voor herhalingsoefening van minder dan een maand,die ingedeeld blijven onder de burgerlijke arbeidskrachten overeenkomstig hun oorspronkelijke positie in het arbeidsproces (reservists who are recalled for a period of training of less than a month and who continue to be clasified as being in civilian employment according to their previous status), met ten minste 20 % van hun totale waarde verhogen (to bring about an increase of not less than 20 percent in their total value), hectometrisch vervoer (transport over distances of less than one kilometre), groepage (consolidation, less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic), deze rechten worden bij elke verlaging met ten minste lO % van het basisrecht verminderd (at each reduction, be lowered by not less than lO % of the basic duty, such duties shall), deellading (less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic), de staalfabrikanten proberen dus het vervaardigen van de smelt zodanig te beheersen,dat het gasblazen voldoende is om gasinsluitsels op minder dan 1 cm van de buitenzijde te vermijden (the steelmakers thus try to control elaboration fabrication and teeming in such a way that the rimming action is enough to prevent blowholes becoming entrapped at less than 1 cm from the surface). (various references)

Finnish

vajaat puolet (rather less than half), vähintään (at least, at the least, not less than), alle kilometrin pituinen kuljetus (transport over distances of less than one kilometre). (various references)

French

moins que. (various references)

German

kein (don't, neither, no, none, not a, not any). (various references)

Greek 

κρέας σε τεμάχια μικρότερα των εκατό γραμμαρίων (meat in pieces of less than 100 grams), ένα άτομο θεωρείται ότι απουσιάζει προσωρινά αν είναι μόνιμα εγκατεστημένο στη χώρα αλλά διαμένει,ή σκοπεύει να διαμείνει,στην αλλοδαπή γ� (in the rest of the world for a period of less than one year), έφεδροι οι οποίοι ανακαλούνται για περίοδο εκπαίδευσης μικρότερη από ένα μήνα και οι οποίοι εξακολουθούν να εντάσσονται στον πολιτικό τομ (reservists who are recalled for a period of training of less than a month and who continue to be clasified as being in civilian employment according to their previous status), εκατομετρική μεταφορά (transport over distances of less than one kilometre), εμπορεύματα τμηματικών αποστολών (L.C.L.), less than carload freight, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls), επιτυγχάνεται αύξηση τουλάχιστον 20% της συνολικής τους αξίας (to bring about an increase of not less than 20 percent in their total value), αλλοδαποί εποχιακά εργαζόμενοι,δηλ.τα άτομα που έρχονται στη χώρα και μένουν λιγότερο από ένα έτος για να εργαστούν στους τομείς εκείνους � (i.e.persons who move into the country and stay there for less than one year in order to work in sectors which periodically require additional labour members of the country's armed forces stationed in the rest of the world), τμηματική κίνηση αποστολών (L.C.L.freight, less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic), οι χαλυβουργοί λοιπόν αναγκάζονται να ρυθμίσουν την κατασκευή και την απόχυση κατά τρόπο ώστε ο αναβρασμός να είναι αρκετά ισχυρός,έτσι ώσ (the steelmakers thus try to control elaboration fabrication and teeming in such a way that the rimming action is enough to prevent blowholes becoming entrapped at less than 1 cm from the surface), οι δασμοί αυτοί ελαττώνονται σε κάθε μείωση τουλάχιστον κατά 10% σε σχέση προς το δασμό βάσεως (at each reduction, be lowered by not less than lO % of the basic duty, such duties shall). (various references)

Hungarian

nem egészen egy óra alatt (in less than an hour). (various references)

Indonesian

bergelap-gelapan (be less than frank, sit in the dark). (various references)

Italian

l'attenuazione di una linea che lavora con sistema antiparallelo è nettamente più debole dell'attenuazione di una linea che lavora con sistema parallelo (attenuation with a line working in the anti-parallel mode is markedly less than the attenuation with a line working in parallel mode), Perció gli acciaieri si sforzano di controllare l'esecuzione della colata in modo che l'effervescenza sia sufficiente ad impedire l'inclusione di bolle di gas a meno di 1 cm dalle superficie (the steelmakers thus try to control elaboration fabrication and teeming in such a way that the rimming action is enough to prevent blowholes becoming entrapped at less than 1 cm from the surface), collo (cervical, cervix, collar, collum, container, journal, L.C.L.), less than carload freight, neck, neckband, pack, package, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls, turn), collo di spedizione in piccole partite (L.C.L.), less than carload freight, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls), collo singolo (L.C.L.), less than carload freight, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls), merci a collettame (L.C.L.), less than carload freight, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls), merci a piccole partite (L.C.L.), less than carload freight, parcels, part load traffic, part-load traffic, smalls), carne di pezzi di peso inferiore a cento grammi (meat in pieces of less than 100 grams), per persona temporaneamente assente s'intende ogni persona stabilita nel paese ma che si trovi,o abbia l'intenzione di fermarsi,nel resto del mondo,per un periodo inferiore ad un anno (a person is regarded as being temporarily absent if she or he is permanently settled in the country but is staying, in the rest of the world for a period of less than one year, or intends to stay), trasporti ettometrici (transport over distances of less than one kilometre), raggiungere un accrescimento pari ad almeno il 20 % del loro valore totale (to bring about an increase of not less than 20 percent in their total value), riservisti richiamati per un periodo di esercitazioni inferiore al mese,che restano classificati nell'occupazione civile secondo la loro precedente condizione professionale (reservists who are recalled for a period of training of less than a month and who continue to be clasified as being in civilian employment according to their previous status), stagionali stranieri,cioè le persone che si trasferiscono per esercitare nel paese,per un periodo inferiore all'anno,un'attivit� in settori nei quali è richiesta periodicamente mano d'opera supplementare (foreign seasonal workers, i.e.persons who move into the country and stay there for less than one year in order to work in sectors which periodically require additional labour members of the country's armed forces stationed in the rest of the world), tali dazi sono abbassati,ad ogni stadio di riduzione,di almeno il lO % dei dazi di base (at each reduction, be lowered by not less than lO % of the basic duty, such duties shall), traffico di collettame (L.C.L.freight, less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic), traffico in piccole partite (L.C.L.freight, less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic, sundries traffic), nientemeno (no less than). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

未満 (insufficient), 以内 (inside of, within), 以下 (and downward, below, not exceeding, the following, the rest, under, up to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いない (inside of, within), いか (and downward, below, catabolic, catabolism, clothes rack, cuttlefish, dissimilation, doctor, medical department, medical science, not exceeding, squid, the following, the rest, under, up to), みま�" (insufficient). (various references)

Pig Latin

esslay anthay

Portuguese

menos que (fewness), menos poluentes. (various references)

Romanian

nici mai mult nici mai puţin cã (neither more nor less than), foarte repede (double quick, in less than no time, like a lamp-lighter), cât ai bate din palme (in less than no time). (various references)

Russian 

не менее чем (no less than), прямо-таки (nothing less than). (various references)

Scottish

dòit (a small coin less than a farthing). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ništa manje od (nothing less than), ne manje od (no less than). (various references)

Spanish

menos que (fewer than). (various references)

Swedish

interntransport (transport over distances of less than one kilometre), inte mindre än (no less than), helt enkelt (just, nothing less than, plain, plainly, simply), öka deras sammanlagda värde med minst 20 procent (to bring about an increase of not less than 20 percent in their total value). (various references)

Thai

ไม่พึงพอใจ (less than pleased). (various references)

Turkish

pek farklı değil (little less than), neredeyse (all but, almost, ere long, in any moment, just about, little less than, nearly, next door to, next to, practically, pretty much, soon, well nigh, within an ace of doing), farksız (alike, indifferent, indistinguishable, nothing less than, same, the same, undistinguished), aşağı kalmaz (nothing less than), aşağı değil (nothing less than). (various references)

Ukranian 

ніж (before, chive, chopper, knife, nor, spade, than, within). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nathless.

-1 letter: hansels, hantles, haslets, hastens, hatless, sheltas, snathes.

-2 letters: assent, halest, hansel, hanses, hantle, haslet, hassel, hassle, hasten, hastes, lashes, latens, lathes, leasts, sanest, selahs, shales, sheals, shelta, slants, slates, snathe, snaths, stales, stanes, steals, tassel, teslas, thanes, thenal.

-3 letters: antes, ashen, ashes, asset, easts, elans, etnas, haets, hales, halts, hanse, hants, haste, hates.

+1 letter: loathness, natheless, shetlands, thankless.

+2 letters: hailstones.

+3 letters: ailanthuses, disenthrals, earthliness, ethicalness, ghastliness, hatefulness, healthiness, houseplants, loathnesses, shinplaster, thanklessly, wealthiness.

+4 letters: abolishments, almightiness, calisthenics, disenthralls, establishing, etherealness, faithfulness, fatherliness, habitualness, lecithinases, pathlessness, polyanthuses, shinplasters, stablishment, stealthiness, stickhandles, thankfulness, watchfulness, wrathfulness.

+5 letters: blandishments, deathlessness, earthlinesses, elephantiases, elephantiasis, establishment, ethicalnesses, faithlessness, ghastlinesses, habitableness, hatefulnesses, healthfulness, healthinesses, heartlessness, helminthiases, helminthiasis, languishments, lightfastness, loathsomeness, manslaughters, mantelshelves, phalansteries, relationships, rhinoplasties, stablishments, stickhandlers, strangleholds, teachableness, thanklessness, thinkableness, unearthliness, unestablished, unhealthiness, wealthinesses.

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