Microtone (09) Any interval smaller than a semitone.

微音，微分音(09)小於半音的任何音程。

The hour hand is smaller than the minute hand.

时针比分针短。

The abdominal aorta is normally smaller than the thoracic aorta.

腹主动脉一般比胸主动脉小。

The micromanipulator has to control the armature to a precision smaller than a micron.

显微操纵器对支架的控制精度必须小于一微米。

Petals 5, much smaller than sepals, basally tubulose or shallowly scrotiform and shortly clawed.

花瓣5，比萼片小得多，浅囊状或和短爪。

The young heir's contingent of the estate was smaller than he had hoped for.

这位年轻的继承人所得的遗产份儿比他希望的要少。

A step in temperature on the Fahrenheit scale is smaller than a step on the Centigrade scale.

华氏温度计的一度比摄氏温度计的一度小一些。

The results indicate that when the plastic strain is smaller than 39 5%,plastic deformation has typicality of uniserial slipping.

单晶连铸铝线材在变形量小于395％时，其塑性变形具有明显的单系滑移特征，当变形量大于395％时，才出现多系滑移特征。

The experts agree with the old saying that you should never put anything smaller than your earbob elbow in your ear.

俗话说，你不可以把任何小于你肘部的东西放入耳朵，专家们也同意这个说法。

In the environmental monitoring,to notate the results smaller than the detection limit by Not Detected,Zero,None or 0.00…n etc.is inappropriate even leads to the misjudged conclusion.

在环境监测中，在上报结果小于检出限时，以“未检出”、“零”、“无”或“000…n”等来表示都是不妥当的，会给环境管理和数据使用带来不良影响，甚至会误导出错误的结论。