small amount

collocation in English

meanings of smalland amount

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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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amount
noun[C]
uk /əˈmaʊnt/ us /əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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Examples of small amount

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Therefore, just a very smallamount of ionization takes place inside the sheath.
Only a smallamount of the cargo had been lost.
A smallamount of fructose per day sustained a large weight loss for more than one year, with no sign of regain.
With only a smallamount of seed available it was not possible to replicate the trial.
However, only a smallamount of (mathematical) literature concerns the growth of vascular tumours.
Only a smallamount of published information is available about the response of predatory arthropod assemblages to landscape complexity.
Population studies demonstrate that the smallamount of variation defines three clonal lineages where phenotypes such as virulence are associated with a single lineage.
Even a smallamount of mononucleotides of opposite chirality prevents the formation of longer polymers, as is seen in high-performance colour chromatograms.
With a smallamount of extra effort, students can be asked to extend the example in a variety of ways.
The polymer was then dissolved overnight in a smallamount of distilled water, and the final solution frozen and lyophilized.
The atoms or ions only absorb a smallamount of the photon's energy in the process, while the electrons are greatly accelerated.
It is preserved as an impression, with a smallamount of organic material remaining.
A smallamount of flocculent material is apparent in the space between the layer and the shell.
To date only a smallamount of work on bioactive molecules produced by fish lice has been undertaken.
Such explanation is certainly somewhat speculative taking into account a limited scope and relatively smallamount of data used in this study.
The following discussion is based on a very smallamount of data, so it should be considered as somewhat provisional in nature.
The smallamount of refuse present at the time of sampling included gas cylinders, pipes, metal fragments, cans, glass, vehicle batteries, and empty fuel drums.
This occurs because non-random mating can maintain only a smallamount of linkage disequilibrium between unlinked loci for the male character and female mating preference.
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