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Definition: Small |
SmallAdjective1. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; " a small voice". 2. Limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country". 3. Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings". 4. Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small". 5. Not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children". 6. Too small to be seen except under a microscope. 7. Not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way". 8. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice". 9. (archaic) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between". 10. : lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters". 11. : have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain". Adverb1. On a small scale; "think small". Noun1. The slender part of the back. 2. A garment size for a small person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "small" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Small \Small\ (sm[add]l), adjective. [Comparative Smaller; superlative Smallest.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SMALL 1. Functional, lazy, untyped. ["SMALL - A Small Interactive Functional System", L. Augustsson, TR 28, U Goteborg and Chalmers U, 1986]. 2. A toy language used to illustrate denotational semantics. ["The Denotational Description of Programming Languages", M.J.C. Gordon, Springer 1979]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Literature | Small Small by degrees and beautifully less. Prior, in his Henry and Emma, wrote "Fine by degrees," etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | Catalan (txinorri). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Minuscule, or lower case, is the smaller form of letters (in the Roman alphabet: a, b, c, ...). Originally alphabets were written entirely in majuscule (capital) letters which were spaced between well-defined upper and lower bounds. When written quickly with a pen, these tended to rounder and simpler forms, like uncials. It is from these that the first minuscule hands developed, the half-uncials and cursive minuscule, which no longer stay bound between a pair of lines.
These in turn formed the foundations for carolingian minuscule, developed by Alcuin for use in the court of Charlemagne, which quickly spread across Europe. Here for the first time it became common to mix both majuscule and minuscule letters in a single text.
Traditionally more important letters - those beginning sentences or nouns - were made larger; now they were written in a different script, although there was no fixed capitalization system until the early 18th century (and even then all nouns were capitalized, a system still followed in German but not in English).
Similar developments have taken place in other alphabets. The minuscule script for the Greek alphabet has its origins in the seventh century and acquired its quadrilinear form in the eighth century. Over time, uncial letter forms were increasingly mixed into the script. The earliest dated Greek minuscule text is the Uspenski Gospels (MS 461) in the year 835. The modern practice of capitalizing every sentence seems to be imported.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Minuscule."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Species with a small population size are subject to a higher chance of extinction because their small population size makes them more vulnerable to random (stochastic) variation in their demography, their gene pool and their environment.
Demographic effects
The influence of stochastic (random) variation in demographic (reproductive and mortality) rates is much higher for small populations than large ones. Stochastic variation in demographic rates causes small populations to fluctuate randomly in size. The smaller the population the greater the probability that fluctuations will lead to extinction.
One demographic consequence of a small population size, the probability that all offspring in a generation are of the same sex, is easy to calculate: it is given by 21-n This can be a problem in very small populations, the last 18 Kukapo in Fiordland were all male, though the probability of this was only 0.0000076. With a population of just 3 individuals the probability of them all being the same sex is 0.25. Put another way, for every 4 species reduced to 3 individuals (or more precisely 3 individuals in the effective population), one will go extinct just because they are all the same sex.
Environmental Effects
Stochastic variation in the environment (year to year variation in rainfall, temperature) can produce temporally correlated birth and death rates (i.e. 'good' years when birth rates are high and death rates are low and 'bad years when birth rates are low and death rates are high) that lead to fluctuations in the population size. Again, smaller populations are more likely to go extinct due to these environmentally generated population fluctuations than are large populations.
Genetic Consequences
Conservationists are often worried about a loss of genetic variation in small populations. There are 2 types of genetic variation that are important when dealing with small populations.
There are 2 mechanisms operating in small populations that influence these 2 types of genetic variation.
- The degree of homozygosity within individuals in a population; i.e. the proportion of an individuals loci that contain homozygous rather than heterozygous alleles. Many deleterious alleles are only harmful in the homozygous form.
- The degree of monomorphism/polymorphism within a population; i.e. how many different forms of the same allele exist in the gene pool of a population. Polymorphism may be particularly important at loci involved in the immune response.
There are two types of consequence of loss of genetic variation in small populations:
- Genetic drift - Genetic variation is determined by the joint action of natural selection and genetic drift (chance). In small populations the relative importance of genetic drift (chance) is higher; deleterious alleles can become more frequent and 'fixed' in a population due to chance. Any allele, deleterious, beneficial or neutral is more likely to be lost from a small population (gene pool) than a large one. This results in a reduction in the number of forms of alleles in a small population and in extreme cases to monomorphism where there is only one form of the allele.
- Inbreeding - In a small population, related individuals are more likely to breed together. The offspring of related parents have a far higher number of homozygous loci than the offspring of unrelated parents.
- Inbreeding depression - Inbreeding depression is usually taken to mean any immediate harmful effect, on individuals or the population, of a decrease in either type of genetic variation. Despite the strong theoretical support for inbreeding depression it has been very difficult to prove in real populations and there is debate over its significance.
- Inability of the population to adapt/evolve to changing conditions, “without variability evolution is impossible”
See also
- Population genetics
- Pollinator decline
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Small population size."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SMALL | English | Selenium Diode Matrix Alloy Logic | Computing |
| SMART | English | Small Mission for Advanced Research and Technology | N/A |
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Synonyms: SmallSynonyms: belittled (adj), diminished (adj), humble (adj), little (adj), low (adj), lowly (adj), microscopic (adj), microscopical (adj), minor (adj), minuscule (adj), modest (adj), pocket-size (adj), pocket-sized (adj), small(a) (adj), small-scale (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: large (adj), macroscopic (adj), big (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inferiority | Least, smallest; (see little, small; ); lowest. |
Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. | |
Littleness | Adjective: little; small; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable; (unimportant); exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative, portable; duodecimo; dumpy, squat; short. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Keep the small bills on the outside and call me if anyone gets drunk (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) Small moves, Ellie, small moves (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Dr. Lester, My name is Craig Schwartz, a small mixup with your secretary (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) I got a really small dick, it's pathetic (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël) We have enough battery power to run a small third world country here (The Blair Witch Project; writing credit: Daniel Myrick; Eduardo Sánchez) | |
Lyrics | All the, small things (All the Small Things; performing artist: Blink 182) But the circle is small (The Circle Is Small; performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot) NOTHING'S TOO BIG NOTHING'S TOO SMALL JUST GO BALL,YEAH (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah) A little small talk, a smile and baby I was stuck (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba) To build up when you are feeling small (Still On Your Side; performing artist: BBMak) | |
Clever | Small crowd (references; author: unknown) It is a small world, but I wouldn't like to have to paint it. (references; author: unknown) Clock: A small mechanical device to wake up people without children. (references; author: unknown) Try not to let your mind wander. It is too small to be out by itself. (references; author: unknown) The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | All Creatures Great and Small (1974) A Small Act of Love (1973) At the Service of Small Industries (1968) A Small Rebellion (1966) All Packed in a Small House (1965) | |
Song Titles | The Circle Is Small (performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot) Small Town (performing artist: John Cougar Mellencamp) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mormons observing a parade. It is a bright sunny day in Salt Lake City. Pictured are crowds of people and also small groups of people. (note: this could be a picture of any people watching an outdoor event, such as a parade). The Mormons are being studied for their low cancer death rate-about 20% below the national average. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Line drawing showing colon, rectum, stomach, cecum, appendix, small intestine and anus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Giardia lamblia is the protozoan organism that causes the disease Giardiasis, a diarrheal disorder directly affecting the small intestine. Credit: CDC. |  | This chancre is located on the posterior vaginal fourchette (where labia minora meet). The primary stage of syphilis is often marked by the appearance of a single sore – called a chancre, which is usually firm, round, small, and painless. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Pretty Waves" (hi-res movie) by Tom Tredon. This is just one small clip from the movie. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A (the speed) and B (the whole graph's amplitude). |  | N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA. |
 | To the surprise and delight of astronomers, the Hubble telescope discovered a small armada ... Credit: NASA. |  | Astronomers analyzing debris from a comet that broke apart last summer spied pieces as small ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Montage of highest-resolution images of the small inner moons, Amalthea, Thebe, and Metis, of Jupiter. Credit: NASA. |  | In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes -the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock- appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires. Credit: NASA. |
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| "Small cat" by Tamas Malindovszky Commentary: "A small cat." | "Small balls" by Martin Figari Commentary: "Object that rolls in the wall." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Mid-low repeated chords with small entrance of high strings. | | Melody played on a slide steel guitar with small metallic bells playing a counterpoint. |
| Small dog barking. | | Syncopated percussion rhythms and low tones with small synthesized melody. |
| A small bell being run in a quick manner. | | Butler ringing a small bell held in the hand to announce that dinner is served. |
| Tic tac sound made by a small percussion instrument. | | Small dog howls once. |
| Small dog yipping and barking. | | Small dog bark. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Homer | A small rock holds back a great wave. |
James Freeman Clarke | I can do small things in a great way. |
Jean Racine | Small crimes always precedes great ones. |
John Dryden | Mighty things from small beginnings grow. |
Robert Browning | And gain is gain, however small. |
Victor Hugo | Popularity? It's glory's small change. |
Virgil | To compare great things with small. |
William Shakespeare | Small things make base men proud. |
| There's small choice in rotten apples. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | We will not by reason of any small serjeancy which anyone may hold of us by the service of rendering to us knives, arrows, or the like, have wardship of his heir or of the land which he holds of another lord by knight's service. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | The equality of a simple poor way of living, confining their desires within the narrow bounds of each man's small property, made few controversies, and so no need of many laws to decide them, or variety of officers to superintend the process, or look after the execution of justice, where there were but few trespasses, and few offenders. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | The small superior figures preceding the paragraphs designate Clauses, and were not in the original and have no reference to footnotes. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The mediaeval burgesses and the small peasant proprietors were the precursors of the modern bourgeoisie. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In order to avoid a reference of small questions to the League of Nations, Germany will establish a local authority at Kiel qualified to deal with disputes in the first instance and to give satisfaction so far as possible to complaints which may be presented through the consular representatives of the interested Powers. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The Communist parties, which were very small in all these Eastern States of Europe, have been raised to pre-eminence and power far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Small heart had Harriet for visiting |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Bruno took a very small book out of the bookcase, opened it, and shook it in imitation of the Professor |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Everybody had something to say about it, but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Many solutions were suggested for the problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green peices of paper that were unhappy |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Nothing is too small or too trifling to undergo this change, and acquire dignity thereby |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They are all small men, sire, and it would take two of them, one upon the other, to make one of your grenadiers |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And how many of those tiny little grains go to make up the small handful which a child grasps in its play |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And he is small, not big. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I hired two mules with a guide to show me the way, and carry my small baggage |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In the large towns and cities, where civilization especially prevails, the number of those who own a shelter is a very small fraction of the whole |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eat frequent small meals. (references) | |
Cut foods into small pieces. (references) | ||
Small pituitary adenomas are common. (references) | ||
Business | Now about 40% of all forestry companies are small. (references) | |
As an “energy nation,” however, Norway is not so small. (references) | ||
In small towns and villages, the situation is even worse. (references) | ||
Children | Andorra | Societal discrimination does exist on a small scale. (references) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | A separate, small rehabilitation center treats about five persons daily. (references) | |
Macedonia | Thousands of children were displaced from their homes and schools, and a small undetermined number were killed. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bahrain | Some small groups worship in their homes. (references) |
Ukraine | In June a small refugee reception center was opened in Odesa. (references) | |
Korea | Only members of a very small elite have vehicles for personal use. (references) | |
Discrimination | Korea | Ethnic minorities are very small in number and face both legal and societal discrimination. (references) |
Bolivia | The Constitution prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, origin, or economic or social condition; however, there was significant discrimination against women, indigenous people, and the small Afro-Bolivian minority. (references) | |
Economic History | Belarus | Democracy fund small grants program. (references) |
Human Rights | Russia | Boys are held with adults in small, crowded, and smoky cells. (references) |
Djibouti | The ICRC maintains a small office that is staffed with locally hired personnel. (references) | |
Pakistan | In Karachi small squads of police stopped taxis and delivery trucks for bribes. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Taiwan | Critics have noted that its budget is quite small. (references) |
Guatemala | The culture of another very small ethnic group, the Xinca of southeastern Guatemala, was also in danger of extinction. (references) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Members of a very small group in the population identify themselves as descendants of the original Amerindian population of the country. (references) | |
Minorities | Equatorial Guinea | Most are small traders and businesspersons. (references) |
Albania | A small group of ethnic Montenegrins and Serbs live north of Shkoder. (references) | |
Bolivia | There is ongoing societal discrimination against the small Afro-Bolivian minority. (references) | |
Political Economy | New Zealand | Disparities in wealth are small but increasing. (references) |
Haiti | A small elite controls much of the country's wealth. (references) | |
ITALY | Many programs are aimed at small to medium size firms. (references) | |
Political Rights | Ethiopia | Small ethnic groups were not represented in the legislature. (references) |
Eritrea | Authority within the Government is held very narrowly among a small group of former fighters. (references) | |
Macedonia | The Parliament includes 25 ethnic-Albanian members, 1 Macedonian Muslim, 1 Rom, and a small number of Vlachs. (references) | |
Trade | Jordan | Military Security: small monitoring cameras. (references) |
China | Banks can generally be found to take this small risk. (references) | |
Costa Rica | The private commercial banks are all relatively small. (references) | |
Travel | Israel | Israel is a small country - about the size of New Jersey. (references) |
France | Small, additional tips are often left for particularly good service. (references) | |
Pakistan | Yellow taxis are available in most large and small population centers. (references) | |
Women | Korea | In many small factories, the work force is predominantly female. (references) |
Lesotho | Polygyny was practiced by a very small percentage of the population. (references) | |
Haiti | Women's rights groups are small, localized, and receive little publicity. (references) | |
Worker Rights | New Zealand | A few small, independent labor unions also exist. (references) |
Mauritius | Many unions are small, having fewer than 1,000 members. (references) | |
Uruguay | In May the authorities discovered a small child-labor ring. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less authentic. It is related of Bismark, who had been awarded a medal for gallantly rescuing a drowning person, that, being asked the meaning of the medal, he replied: "I save lives sometimes." And sometimes he didn't. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dennis Miller | Experts recommend building your confidence by finding some small, fun task you're good at, and making it your hobby. |
Jermaine Jackson | See what it is, with our family, on stage we're comfortable and small crowds it's sort of we feel a little uncomfortable. But on stage it's where we sort of feel very natural. |
Julie Andrews | It's like trying to write a Haiku poem of sorts. You boil it down to essence. Illustrations show so much. And you have to have narrative. You have to have a small message. |
Laura Schlessinger | That, they couldn't tell me. But the police officer said they didn't believe that she died immediately, but they believe that she wasn't with her faculties for whatever small period of time she was alive because she didn't pick up the phone or anything. |
Madonna | When I was a teenager I wanted to be a dancer. I wanted to move to New York and be a dancer. That was my goal, and that was my dream. It was pretty small. |
Prince Albert of Monaco | Yeah, yeah. And this has been incredible for us because it was a recognition by the international community that we were a member of that community. And for a small country, that's very important. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Such an attachment of a small or weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Nor is it a small additional embarrassment that we, the loyal people, differ among ourselves as to the mode, manner, and means of reconstruction. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Fortunately they are but a small percentage of our people. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Investment in small business can absorb a large volume of savings that might otherwise not be tapped. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Today the United Nations is primarily the protector of the small and the weak, and a safety valve for the strong. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | To match the magnitude of our tasks, we need the energies of our people--enlisted not only in grand enterprises, but more importantly in those small, splendid efforts that make headlines in the neighborhood newspaper instead of the national journal. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Well, today physicists peering into the infinitely small realms of subatomic particles find reaffirmations of religious faith. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Tax cuts to help nine out of ten small businesses invest more and create jobs. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | My view is this economy can thrive only if our small businesses thrive. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Small" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.91% of the time. "Small" is used about 43,880 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.91% | 42,962 | 191 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.9% | 835 | 8,415 |
| Adverb (general) | 0.19% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43,880 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "small" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Small | Last name | 21,000 | 556 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "small". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Paula | N/A | Ancient Roman | Small |
| Boghos | N/A | Armenian | Small |
| Cenchrea | N/A | Biblical | Small pulse |
| Delilah | N/A | Biblical | Small |
| Joktan | N/A | Biblical | Small dispute |
| Kittim | N/A | Biblical | Bruising small |
| Ophel | N/A | Biblical | Small white cloud |
| Paul | N/A | Biblical | Small |
| Rezon | N/A | Biblical | Small |
| Zoar | N/A | Biblical | Small |
| Pavel | N/A | Bulgarian | Small |
| Pau | N/A | Catalan | Small |
| Havel | N/A | Czech | Small |
| Pavel | N/A | Czech | Small |
| Poul | N/A | Danish | Small |
| Paula | N/A | English | Small |
| Pauletta | N/A | English | Small |
| Pachjo | N/A | Esperanto | Small |
| Paulo | N/A | Esperanto | Small |
| Paavali | N/A | Finnish | Small |
| Paavo | N/A | Finnish | Small |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Denmark | Small Cap Danmark A.S. | United Kingdom | Edinburgh Small Companies Trust Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "small": a little too small ♦ a small ad ♦ a small fortune ♦ a small gift ♦ be a small eater ♦ be small ♦ become small ♦ become too small ♦ becoming small ♦ belittled diminished small ♦ by small degrees ♦ can you give me some small change? ♦ chronicle small beer ♦ come off with a small loss ♦ cut in very small pieces ♦ enhanced Small Disk Interface ♦ extensive-stage small cell lung cancer ♦ feel small ♦ get small ♦ give small change ♦ Great and small ♦ have a small chance ♦ he thinks no small beer of himself ♦ humor a small child ♦ humour a small child ♦ Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease ♦ in small pieces ♦ in small quantities ♦ in small stages ♦ in small type ♦ International Actions Network on Small Arms ♦ it's a small wonder that ♦ limited-stage small cell lung cancer ♦ live in a small way ♦ look small ♦ make small talk ♦ make smb. feel small ♦ microscopically small ♦ not think small beer of oneself ♦ pest of small ruminants ♦ plague of small ruminants ♦ play small parts ♦ profusion of small opacities ♦ pseudorinderpest of small ruminants ♦ reparcelling out of small holdings ♦ set out in a small boat ♦ sing small ♦ small ad ♦ small ads ♦ small amount ♦ small and plump ♦ small animal ♦ small apartment ♦ small arms ♦ small arms ammunition ♦ small army ♦ small axe ♦ small bag ♦ small beard ♦ small beer ♦ small bell ♦ small bird ♦ small black coffee ♦ small blister ♦ small boat ♦ small body ♦ small bore ♦ small bottle ♦ Small Bowel Enema ♦ small bower ♦ small box ♦ small boy ♦ small broom ♦ small buckeye ♦ small business ♦ small businessman ♦ small cake ♦ small calorie ♦ small cane ♦ small cannon ♦ small cap ♦ small cap stock ♦ small capital ♦ small capital letter ♦ small capital letters ♦ small capitals ♦ small caps ♦ small card ♦ small cargo ship ♦ small cattle ♦ small cell ♦ small cell carcinoma ♦ small cell lung cancer ♦ small cellar ♦ small chance ♦ small change ♦ small check ♦ small child ♦ small children ♦ small chisel ♦ small choke. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "small": small-ad, small-amplitude, small-animal, small-animals, Small-Area, Small-Area Analysis, small-areas, small-arm, Small-arms, small-batch, small-billed, small-block, small-boat, small-bodied, small-bone, small-boned, small-bore, small-bosomed, small-boy, small-break, small-breasted, small-budget, small-business, small-businessman, small-businessmen, Small-C, small-'c', small-calibre, small-cap, small-capacity, small-capitalisation, small-capitalization, small-car, Small-Cell, small-cell, small-circulation, small-clawed, small-clothes, small-craft, small-crested, small-customer, small-degree, small-denomination, small-diameter, small-dimension, small-eared, small-end, Small-endians, small-engined, small-enough, small-eyed, small-faced, small-family, small-farmer, small-feathered, small-featured, small-firm, small-flowered, small-for-dates, small-for-gestational-age infant, small-format, small-form-factor, small-frame, small-framed, small-fry, small-grained, small-group, small-grown, small-headed, small-holder, small-holders, small-holding, small-holdings, small-hope, small-horned, small-hour, small-hours, small-injected, small-is-beautiful, small-ish, small-jawed, small-leafed, small-leaved, small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, small-like, small-limbed, small-long, small-medium-sized, small-mesh, small-meshed, small-minded, small-mindedly, small-mindedness, small-mouth, small-mouthed buffalofish, small-nation, small-nippled, small-number, small-numbers, small-office/home-office, Small-office-home-office, small-order, small-package, small-paned, small-part, small-parts, small-party, small-patterned, small-pool, small-power, small-pox, small-print, small-producer, small-radius, small-sample, small-scale, small-scale bakery, small-scales, small-screen, small-seeded, small-set, small-share, small-shareholder, small-shopkeeping, small-shot, small-signal, small-size, small-sized, small-space, small-spotted, small-state, small-subunit, small-talk, small-the, small-time, small-time theater, small-timer, small-to, small-to-medium, small-to-microbial, small-too-medium-sized, small-tooth comb, small-toothed, small-toothed comb, small-town, small-town-where, small-unit, small-venue, small-vessel, small-voiced, small-volume, small-wave, small-windowed, small-workshop. | |
Ending with "small": medium-to-small, too-small. | |
Containing "small": non-small-cell. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
small business | 6,428 | small house plan | 560 |
small dog | 3,612 | small business financing | 546 |
small business loan | 2,950 |