The phrase "a small compensatory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a minor compensation or adjustment for something, often in financial or legal discussions.
Example: "The company offered a small compensatory payment to the affected employees as a gesture of goodwill."
Alternatives: "a minor compensation" or "a slight reimbursement."
In addition, there is a small compensatory increase in gonadotropin secretion.
"Rabbit Hole" takes its title both from Alice's entryway into Wonderland and from a comic book produced by one of the characters, a handmade object that symbolizes the power of art not to heal, nor even to console, but to offer a small, compensatory attempt to find meaning in anguish.
In addition, the weight loss achieved with moderate physical activity can be easily reversed by a small compensatory increase in food intake.
There was no significant change in G6PD activity in response to the reduction in IDH under any of the other conditions, and when we compared the responses across conditions, the small compensatory increase in G6PD activity under oxidative stress did not significantly differ from the other conditions in which no response was observed.
There was no statistically significant response in IDH activity to the reduction in G6PD activity under control or oxidative stress conditions, although some of the genetic backgrounds did show small compensatory increases in IDH activity, and others showed decreases in activity.
Although in these cases it is likely that the interaction pattern is conserved as well, only a small number of compensatory base pair changes is expected.
The sRNA mRNA interactions studied here exhibit only a small number of compensatory base pair changes, which might be because sRNA sequences often show poor conservation across distant bacterial species.
They say large corporations may view smaller compensatory awards as an acceptable cost of doing business.
Studies with smaller compensatory effects (Royden et al., 1992; Royden, 1994; Banks et al., 1996) concluded that optic flow was insufficient for estimating translations in the presence of rotations.
Interestingly, plc1Δ and isc1Δ, two strains deficient in Plc-like activity, led to a small, but significant increase in PEA hydrolysis, suggesting compensatory mechanisms (Figure S1).
Previous analysis of mouse cDNAs also indicated that a small fraction of them (~2%) may have such compensatory frameshifts [ 16].
