minuscule

Imports from China, though, were a minuscule share of expenditures at the beginning of the sample period and an enormous share at the end.

The ships use energy from the wind to propel themselves around and spray minuscule droplets of sea water into the air.

But if the Japanese example is any guide, that effect is minuscule, if any, and is far from sufficient to turn the economy around.

It is unfathomable to me as to how the girl can scrape by on such a minuscule amount of money.

There is only a minuscule chance that Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will turn into a new Chernobyl.

Others are equally evangelical in their assertions that the sun plays only a minuscule role in climate change.

Of course, this solution presents its own issues; at the time of this writing the knowledge base is minuscule.

The relative attractiveness of its residents is only a minuscule factor in evaluating a city's merit.

The muscle you gain is minuscule compared with the total amount of skeletal muscle in the body.

The truly radical right in Europe is still only minuscule, but even before the Oslo attacks, signs of a coming revival were evident.

After all, what business does a large creature like an elephant have to fear from a minuscule mouse?

But he himself claims that he puts only a minuscule amount of his net worth on the table for trading activity using leverage.

This minuscule water boatman might be smaller than a drawing pin, but it's also the loudest animal on the planet.

In Beijing, the national capital, however, the relative size of the open-market-housing sector is still minuscule.

Goggles, windshields, even surgical endoscopes fog when minuscule vapor droplets do not coalesce and run off.

Visual inspection won't have as dramatic an impact as the sophisticated tests, but will have 70 percent of the impact for a minuscule cost.

The volume of quantum dots required is minuscule, however: they are made in batches of a few milligrams at a time.

I just quit my job yesterday, I got tired of working 12 hours a day for such a minuscule salary.

"The effect of any particular diet group is minuscule, but the effect of individual behavior is humongous , " Dr.

They have a minuscule mass, no electric charge, and pass through almost any material as though it was not there.

The idea rests on probing any minuscule variations in gravity as it acts on slow-moving neutrons in a tiny cavity.

As light from the sun hits the sail, it imparts a minuscule but continuous acceleration.

Older fonts and character encodings included only the minuscule form for its use as an abbreviation.

This amount is indeed minuscule, a couple of sand grains in an expanse of desert that pose no real threat to public health.

Eight years ago I caught flak from my wife for not voting; I tried pointing out the minuscule impact of a single vote (mine).

As a man who spent time during World War II on a minuscule South Pacific island, I recognized the symptoms of acute homesickness.

Nordhaus reckons that innovators capture a "minuscule" 2. 2 per cent of the total social benefit of their innovations.

"The students are such a minuscule portion of this program. "

And even this minuscule probability will diminish to the vanishing point as researchers improve nonnuclear interception technologies.

In the twentieth century, electron microscopes have provided direct views of viruses and minuscule surface structures.

May be a minuscule part of your gene is that the your European ancestor gave you.

Nobody knows more than a minuscule fraction of what's going on in the world. It's just way too big for any one person to know it well.

Within two decades, the minuscule transmitters are expected to replace the familiar bar codes now found on most products.

The remaining 10% or so comes from groundwater, and a minuscule amount from recycling.

The chances of the asteroid going through the keyhole, which is tiny compared to the asteroid, are "minuscule, " Yeomans added.

Every aspect of a rail incident is explored in minuscule detail , while the daily death toll on the roads receives barely a whisper .

While this system is minuscule and complete, its radio doesn't equip it to talk to other devices like it.

If the plane has empty seats, the cost of adding one more passenger is minuscule.

The calories your body burns in fueling the digestive cycle are minuscule compared with the calories in the food itself.

When solar contributed a minuscule proportion of Germany's total power output that excess was easily overlooked.

This season, we've seen everything from lower limbs completely wrapped in leather to minuscule peep-toe and cut-out booties.

We are led through some varied scenery, but we pass by only a minuscule fraction of the 10500 possible solutions.

He's right: a minuscule portion of foreign tourists have been affected by Mexico's violence.

The individual motions are minuscule, but with the correct synchronization, the result will be perfect and effortless.

Sulfur atoms, which can bind poisonous mercury, coat each of the minuscule holes.

Not that much sales really, because as everyone knows the conversion rate from FREE to PAID is really minuscule.

First, the risks of default, always minuscule, have been removed.

Today's earpieces may give way to smaller devices hidden in earrings or worn as minuscule patches on the skin near the ear.

The holo-image now showed several tiny objects, no more than minuscule dots.

Fact: The risk of harm from radiation is minuscule compared to the huge benefits of early detection.

For the first century of America's existence, the federal government's presence was minuscule.

Too bad the minerals mined in Nevada are taxed at a minuscule rate due to ancient tax laws from the 1800's.

The progress was minuscule, leading to the decision last week to reverse course again.

"While I'm doing all of those minuscule things, I'm still thinking about the big thing I have to do, " she says.

In this post you'll see a collection of photos of the Minuscule series.

The proportion of illicit funds that is detected is minuscule, and would be even tinier without co-operation across borders.

Ahmet Bozer, president of Coca-Cola's Eurasia & Africa Group, notes Africa's minuscule debt and positive trade balance.

The economic benefits to those who lobbied for protection, however, are minuscule.

They have inherited from those minuscule cyanobacteria.

With their minuscule screens, mobile phones, game consoles and satnavs are never going to replace television sets.

Even if all 500 cases of GBS in 1976 were caused by flu vaccination, the incidence of the side effect was minuscule.

It's breakdown product AMPA was also found, but in minuscule amounts [5].

Minuscule mass, no electrical charge.

Unicode includes both the majuscule and the minuscule.

For now, the amounts in circulation are minuscule.

Penetration in China is still minuscule , at 3 per cent of the population .

It ranges from grand vision to minuscule details such as technical specifications on lighting fixtures.

At around USD107 per month, this grant may seem minuscule in this middle-income country that ranks in the world's top 20 GDP.

Everybody knows that the chances of winning a big payday are minuscule, a tiny 1 in front of an awful lot of zeros.

'These findings are a minuscule amount compared to what people experience every day, ' the agency said.

that may seem minuscule, but consider this: A ton of phones can provide 20 times more gold than a ton of gold ore.

But although tea production in America is minuscule, consumption is booming.

And financial-sector debt climbed to 120% in the first quarter of 2009 from a relatively minuscule 19% in 1980.

China's market share has climbed from a minuscule 1. 3 per cent to about 20 per cent.

Minuscule though the number is, it is a rise on the previous two years (1. 87 per cent and 1. 57 per cent).

which detects its quarry by noting the minuscule dimming of starlight that occurs when a planet crosses in front of its parent star

a minuscule amount of rain