The phrase "a slight refinement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a small improvement or adjustment to something, such as a process, idea, or product.
Example: "After reviewing the proposal, I believe a slight refinement in the budget allocation could enhance its effectiveness."
Alternatives: "a minor adjustment" or "a small improvement."
Subsequent genotyping of an additional osteopetrosis calf that was born while the study was underway identified a recombination event at 119.00 Mb, providing slight refinement of the distal end of the interval.
The model proposed by Poutsma et al. (2008) has proved to be a good predictor of the expanding distribution of H. axyridis in Europe (Brown et al., 2011b), but the parameters used may need slight refinement to include observations on distribution from the UK Ladybird Survey.
And in the early 2000s, he embraced solidarities with a growing hip-hop culture; durags and brass knuckle fashion statements—slight refinements in every way, but always faithful to a street-level blemish of heroism.
These abilities sound almost like superpowers, but they're no more than slight refinements of technologies that are in use right now.
As we saw in §3, it is not straightforward to confirm when we have a model serving as a good explanation because, for instance, the slightest refinement of initial conditions can lead to wildly differing behavior.
The ligand-binding refinement leads to a slight increase in the binding site of model 1 and a slight decrease in that of model 2, resulting in similar sizes and residue arrangements of refined binding site.
Further data assessment by means of Rietveld refinement allowed detection of a slight c lattice parameter and volume increase related to incorporation of the doping elements.
Gordon knows the slightest refinements can make the difference between victory and defeat at the summer Olympics.
During this rescoring procedure, Gold, Glide, Surflex and FlexX allow the refinement of the docking poses, i.e., a slight modification of the location or conformation of the small molecules (the protein is kept rigid).
