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adjective

Of an exceedingly limited size, scale, quantity, or degree.

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"The integration is particularly useful for detecting low contrast signals or signals from very small objects."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

The academic literature, he says, differentiates between “sympathy, empathy, compassion, kindness. There are very small, granular differences between each. Empathy itself has 43 different definitions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026