The phrase "a small active" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe something that is both small in size and active in nature, but it lacks context to be effectively used.
Example: "The team had a small active group of volunteers who worked tirelessly on the project."
Alternatives: "a small energetic" or "a small lively".
Caspases, upon activation, are cleaved into a small, active form (Hannun, 1997; Los et al, 1997).
In the five years since he took over he has also trasformed his small domain from a run-down fishing village into a small active trading town with water and electricity supplies.
In Thailand there are many places to eat good seafood but, for me, one of the best and cheapest and freshest is a small active fishing village at the foot of Khoa Takieb (Chopstick Mountain) in Hua Hin, with the native macaques looking on.
And while the launch was initially dogged by technical problems, BlackBerry has gone on to carve out a small active user base — of around 90 million monthly active users, as of last September.
The SPST switch has a small active chip area of only 96 μm×140 μm and shows the measured wideband performance of insertion loss lower than 3 dB and isolation higher than 22 dB from DC to 70 GHz.
Improved neutron dosimetry and development of a small active or portable readout personnel dosimeter capable of accurate LET determination are important steps for managing the effects of long-term exposure to the space radiation environment.
The small current is considered as a result of a small active-surface area.
To verify this, a small active-matrix OLED display was removed from a digital photo frame, pumped down to high vacuum and cooled with liquid nitrogen, and then replaced in its housing and connected to its driver.
It will also clear the way for the Air Force and the Navy, in particular, to consider ways to tap the Guard and the Reserves for jobs that in many cases are increasingly hard to fill because of a smaller active military, the rigorous standards set to join the nuclear forces and the remote locations of many of the assignments.
For the –NH3 and –COOH ligands, they have much larger volume, resulting in a smaller active surface area at the entrance of channel.
