small grains

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• small — small, little, diminutive, petite, wee, tiny, teeny, weeny, minute, microscopic, miniature can all mean conspicuously below the average in magnitude, especially physical magnitude. Small (opposed to large) and little (opposed to big, great) are… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Grains — make up the structure of metals. Metal surfaces contain a number of small crystals known as grains, with boundaries where they join. Abrasive grain material is prepared by coating non sintered aluminum base particles with a metal alkoxide… …   Wikipedia

• small-cell lung cancer — n cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by small round or oval cells resembling oat grains and having a high ratio of nuclear protoplasm to cytoplasm called …   Medical dictionary

• Grains of paradise — Grain Grain (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n., {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}] [1913 Webster] 1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• small body — ▪ astronomy   any natural solar system object other than the Sun and the major planets and dwarf planets and their satellites (moons). The small bodies populate the solar system in vast numbers and include the rocky asteroids (asteroid), or minor …   Universalium

• grains of Paradise — Pepper Pep per, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?, ?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. [1913 Webster] Note: Common, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• grains — greɪn n. cereal; seed; granule; plants producing grain; particle; small portion of; texture, weave v. manufacture grains; crumble into granules; paint in imitation of a grain (such as wood grain) …   English contemporary dictionary

• small-cell lung cancer — noun Date: 1975 cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by a small round or oval cells which resemble oat grains and have little cytoplasm called small cell… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• small-cell lung cancer — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body and is characterized by small round or oval cells resembling oat grains and having little cytoplasm called also small… …   Useful english dictionary

• small-grained structure — smulkiagrūdė sandara statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. fine grained structure; small grained structure vok. feinkörniges Gefüge, n; kleinkörnige Struktur, f rus. мелкозернистая структура, f pranc. structure à grains fins, f; structure… …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Presolar grains — are isotopically distinct clusters of material found in the fine grained matrix of primitive meteorites, whose differences from the surrounding meteorite suggest that they are older than the solar system [Maria Lugaro (2005) Stardust from… …   Wikipedia