From L'Turu, I heard that until about 1850 the people of this island -- which was about the size of Guam or smaller -- had been of both sexes, and that the normal family life of Melanesian tribes was observed here with minor variations.

Administrative restrictions necessitated the smaller sample size in the structured schools.

The difficulty of analysis of any subsystem in the phonology is an inverse function of the size -- smaller systems are more troublesome -- for any given degree of morphophonemic complexity.

As the sample size gets larger the amount of bias gets smaller,

A distinction is sometimes made between the smaller adobes, which are about the size of ordinary baked bricks, and the larger adobines, some of which may be one to two yards ( 1 – 2 m ) long.

: Generally, the more carefully the areal factor has been investigated, the smaller the size of the residue open to the genetic explanation has tended to become.

Its smaller size makes it suitable for younger or smaller-framed players.

In general, smaller animals tend to have larger brains, measured as a fraction of body size: the animal with the largest brain-size-to-body-size ratio is the hummingbird.

Wing-beat frequency normally increases as size decreases, but as the bee's wing beat covers such a small arc, it flaps approximately 230 times per second, faster than a fruitfly ( 200 times per second ) which is 80 times smaller.

Other much smaller problems exhibit run-times that are exponential in the problem size, and rapidly become impractical.

The overall smaller CPU size as a result of being implemented on a single die means faster switching time because of physical factors like decreased gate parasitic capacitance.

Because of the size exclusion, the colloidal particles are unable to pass through the pores of an ultrafiltration membrane with a size smaller than their own dimension.

The smaller the size of the pore of the ultrafiltration membrane, the lower the concentration of the dispersed colloidal particules remaining in the ultrafiltred liquid.

Glaeser furthers his argument by stating that bigger cities do not pay more for equal productivity than in a smaller city, so it is reasonable to assume that workers become more productive if they move to a city twice the size as they initially worked in.

It is comparable in size to Ukraine, and is somewhat smaller than the US state of Texas.

Over decades, the size of daily strips became smaller and smaller, until by the year 2000, four standard daily strips could fit in an area once occupied by a single daily strip.

In this context, the survival of other endothermic animals, such as some birds and mammals, could be due, among other reasons, to their smaller needs for food, related to their small size at the extinction epoch.

In this method, the probability of selecting any cluster varies with the size of the cluster, giving larger clusters a greater probability of selection and smaller clusters a lower probability.

The smaller the catalyst particle size, the larger the surface area for a given mass of particles.

Due to the matter wave nature of electrons and their smaller mass, they occupy a much larger amount of volume compared with the nuclei, and this volume occupied by the electrons keeps the atomic nuclei relatively far apart, as compared with the size of the nuclei themselves.

* The maximum practical size for CRTs is around 24 inches for computer monitors ; most direct view CRT televisions are 36 inches or smaller, with regular-production models limited to about 40 inches.

The offspring, known as a coywolf, is generally intermediate in size to both parents, being larger than a pure coyote, but smaller than a pure wolf.

* Book Club Edition-a cheaper, smaller, and lighter edition of a standard print book

Red Snow was smaller and lighter than the earlier warhead proposals.

* The overall design of a Classical Guitar is very similar to the slightly lighter and smaller Flamenco guitar.

This round was even lighter and smaller than the Soviet AK-47 cartridge, but possessed higher velocity.

Often versions of the same missile are produced for different launch platforms ; sometimes air-and submarine-launched versions are a little lighter and smaller than land-and ship-launched versions.

Throughout the 1990s, the primary use of LCD technology as computer monitors was in laptops where the lower power consumption, lighter weight, and smaller physical size of LCDs justified the higher price versus a CRT.

Additional smaller preparations are included in this edition as well, leading to lighter preparations, and adding a third course to the meal.

Lever harps are considerably lighter in weight than pedal harps and are smaller in size and number of strings.

Modern ICBMs tend to be smaller than their ancestors, due to increased accuracy and smaller and lighter warheads, and use solid fuels, making them less useful as orbital launch vehicles.

ICQ Lite was originally an idea to offer the lighter users of instant messaging an alternative client which was a smaller download and less resource-hungry for relatively slow computers.

In tropical and sub-tropical Queensland, however, the koala is smaller ( at around for an average male and just over for an average female ); a lighter often rather scruffy grey in colour ; and has shorter, thinner fur.

Also, the lynx's colouring, fur height and paw size varies by its climate range — in the Southwestern United States, the fur and colour are short-haired, dark and the paws are smaller and less padded ; as the lynx ranges to its colder northern climates, the fur gets progressively thicker ( for warmth ), the colour gets lighter ( for camouflage ) and its paws enlarge and become more padded ( for snowy environments ).

LCD monitors have been adopted by the United States military, instead of CRT displays, because they are smaller, lighter and more efficient, although monochrome plasma displays are also used, notably for the M1 Abrams tank.

Because the nuclear force is stronger than the Coulomb force for atomic nuclei smaller than iron and nickel, building up these nuclei from lighter nuclei by fusion releases the extra energy from the net attraction of these particles.

In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts ( lighter nuclei ), often producing free neutrons and photons ( in the form of gamma rays ), and releasing a very large amount of energy, even by the energetic standards of radioactive decay.

If the heavier body is much more massive than the smaller, as for a satellite or small moon orbiting a planet or for the Earth orbiting the Sun, it is accurate and convenient to describe the motion in a coordinate system that is centered on the heavier body, and we say that the lighter body is in orbit around the heavier.

Over the 19th century, bullet design also evolved, the bullets becoming gradually smaller and lighter.

Experience in World War I led German military researchers to conclude that long-range aimed fire was less significant at typical battle ranges of 300 m. As mechanisms became smaller, lighter and more reliable, semi-automatic rifles, including the M1 Garand, appeared.

With the smaller boats, specialist versions of the shells for sculling can be made lighter.

Crops grown include winter wheat, winter barley, sugar beet, oilseed rape, winter and spring beans and linseed, although smaller areas of rye and oats can be found in lighter areas along with a variety of vegetables.

The trend in modern submachine guns had been toward lighter, smaller weapons utilizing plastics to a greater degree.

They also tend to be smaller, lighter in build, have longer tails and have a very long, streamlined head that gives the impression of larger ears.

An authentic tachi that was manufactured in the correct time period averaged 70 – 80 centimeters in cutting edge length ( nagasa ) and compared to a katana was generally lighter in weight in proportion to its length, had a greater taper from hilt to point, was more curved with a smaller point area.