small fraction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallandfraction
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small
adjective
uk/smɔːl/us/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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fraction
noun[C]
uk/ˈfræk.ʃən/us/ˈfræk.ʃən/
a number that results from dividing one whole number ...
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(Definition ofsmallandfractionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsmall fraction
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Only asmallfractionof electrons could leave the sample.
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Only asmallfractionof races are genuinely competitive in the sense that spatial models assume.
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They made up only asmallfractionof all people employed there.
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At the initial stage, an innovation spreads slowly among a verysmallfractionof the population.
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The expression of asmallfractionof cellular genes is changed in response to histone hyperacetylation.
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At = 0.39 m, asmallfractionof the co-passing particles contribute to the damping.
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However, asmallfractionof haemangiomas are 'fully formed' at birth.
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Only asmallfractionof all cases is involved in recognized foodborne outbreaks.
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These reported figures represent asmallfractionof all foodborne illness.
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Note, however, that this is asmallfractionof the total number of wh-questions.
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Only asmallfractionof spermatozoa are capacitated at staggered intervals.
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First, only asmallfractionof household firewood collection consists of felling trees.
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But it shrinks to asmallfraction, once partisanship, class, and ideology are taken into account.
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These results are very similar (typically only asmallfractionof one percentage point better).
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Altogether asmallfraction(4.7%) of the patients gave answers that could be interpreted as protests.
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This apartment payment is a relativelysmallfractionof total household income.
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Unlike many other types of cancers, only asmallfractionof prostate cancer cases are aggressive and life-threatening.
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As with national schemes, local agencies were only able to provide for asmallfractionof potentially eligible claimants.
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The proportionality is adjusted so that only asmallfraction(y10 %) of the molecules are moved at each time step.
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If the baryon number is conserved, then only asmallfractionof the energy content of matter can be extracted.
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Entrepreneurs4 are asmallfractionof the population (about 10%) but hold a large share of total wealth (about 40%).
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The difference in experimental and desired final destination was only asmallfractionof the total path length.
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However, it does appear possible that asmallfractionof homing endonuclease genes have evolved a more host-beneficial role.
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