small portion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallandportion
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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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portion
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɔː.ʃən/us/ˈpɔːr.ʃən/
a part or share of ...
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(Definition ofsmallandportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Although this information is useful for sense discrimination, in dictionaries it is typically used only for asmallportionof the lexicon.
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Mutation is then additionally applied to only asmallportionof individuals whereas we use mutation with all of them.
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This outcome is likely if the market share of the labeled item is asmallportionof the overall market.
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Semantic features of noun referents provide reliable cues to gender in only asmallportionof instances.
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The 50 mm spot stimulus depolarized only asmallportionof the cell.
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In this connection, it should be noted that the research variables explained only asmallportionof the variance in the wives' marital satisfaction.
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However, such mutations affect only asmallportionof humanity.
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A verysmallportionof general hospital beds are operated by private for-profit entities.
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To study this phenomenon biologists need to isolate damaged chromosomes and then excise thesmallportioncontaining the fracture for further analysis.
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Thesmallportionof the right anterior coronoid is badly preserved so that the presence of anterior coronoid teeth is not determinable.
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In our case study, however, these losses constitute asmallportionof the industry's output, income, and wages.
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The duration of each velocity record is 6144 s, only asmallportionof which is shown.
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Perspectives the governments usually only contribute asmallportionto the entire budget of the hospitals.
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Individuals recognised that teaching might form asmallportionof a far more varied career.
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What we are really attempting to quantify from a health perspective is only a verysmallportionof a patient's overall quality of life.
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Given the experience with the phase vocoder, it is clear that only asmallportionof these are mutable models.
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We did find a significant autoregressive effect, but it appears to account for only asmallportionof variance compared to the developmental effects.
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