Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a quantity or to a degree which may be disregarded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb To a degree that is
negligible ; sosmall or slight that it may beignored .
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Examples
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The fractions in question are simply the coefficients of relationship appropriate to the neighbors whom he affects; unit for clonal individuals, one-half for sibs, one-quarter for half-sibs, one-eighth for cousins,... and finally zero for all neighbors whose relationship can be considered negligibly small.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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The tax rate on beer is negligibly different in any state that Maryland borders.
At midpoint, where Md. legislative session is headed remains wide open 2011
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As mentioned earlier, at least some of the studies indicate that is a negligibly small part of the problem.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill 2010
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Only 0.5% of the globe is urbanized, so it makes sense that even a 2ºC rise in urban regions would contribute negligibly to the global average.
The Case Against Global-Warming Skepticism Richard A. Muller 2011
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The tax rate on beer is negligibly different in any state that Maryland borders.
At midpoint, where Md. legislative session is headed remains wide open 2011
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Pintler: As mentioned earlier, at least some of the studies indicate that is a negligibly small part of the problem.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill 2010
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Phenytoin has been found to improve atrioventricular conduction and negligibly affects intraventricular conduction.
Freon Abuse 2010
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The tax rate on beer is negligibly different in any state that Maryland borders.
At midpoint, where Md. legislative session is headed remains wide open 2011
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"To the contrary," the representative wrote, "small institutions have a negligibly small advantage that comes from the way we normalize data."
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The costs associated with eating this way are negligibly more than the wheat counterpart -- and it is good for everyone.
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