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Small number — Within a set of positive numbers, a number is small if it is close to zero. A number is smaller if it is less than another number.Within a set of positive and negative numbers there is ambiguity, because being closer to zero does not correspond… … Wikipedia
small number of — few, small amount of, small quantity of … English contemporary dictionary
Small business — Small businesses on Dalrymple Street in Greenock, Scotland A small business is a business that is privately owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. Small businesses are normally privately owned… … Wikipedia
number — or [num′bər] n. [ME nombre < OE < L numerus: see NOMY] 1. a symbol or word, or a group of either of these, showing how many or which one in a series: 1, 2, 10, 101 (one, two, ten, one hundred and one) are called cardinal numbers; 1st, 2d,… … English World dictionary
small business — n: an independently owned and operated business that is not dominant in its field of operation and conforms to standards set by the Small Business Administration or by state law regarding number of employees and yearly income – called also small… … Law dictionary
small-scale — adj involving only a small number of things or a small area ≠ ↑large scale ▪ a small scale study … Dictionary of contemporary English
small business — UK US noun [countable] [singular small business plural small businesses] business a business that has a small number of employees, usually less than 100 Thesaurus: general types of business or company … Useful english dictionary
Small-world network — In mathematics and physics, a small world network is a type of mathematical graph in which most nodes are not neighbors of one another, but most nodes can be reached from every other by a small number of hops or steps. A small world network,… … Wikipedia
Small world experiment — The six degrees of separation model The small world experiment comprised several experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram and other researchers examining the average path length for social networks of people in the United States. The research was … Wikipedia
number — 1 noun 1 NUMBER (C) a word or sign which represents an amount or a quantity: Add together the following numbers: 1027, 643, and 378. | high/low number: Choose a fairly low number under 100, say. | even number (=2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc) | odd number… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English