The phrase "a smaller capability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the size or extent of a capability to another, typically in contexts discussing technology, skills, or resources.
Example: "The new software has a smaller capability compared to its predecessor, limiting its functionality in certain areas."
Alternatives: "a reduced capacity" or "a lesser ability".
We tried a couple of times to actually get a small capability, but it was — it's kind of hard to get it through the Congressional Budget process, anyway.
USEC has built a pilot-scale enrichment plant, with help from the Energy Department, with the idea that if it cannot work as a commercial product, the government will take it over to maintain a small enrichment capability for national security purposes.
24 He recognizes that his conception of health and wellbeing gives greater weight to subjective mental welfare, and that it is concerned with a smaller set of capabilities than Sen's general concern with human capabilities.
This leads to a smaller vehicle and the capability of transferring up to 155,000 pounds of hydrogen peroxide from the tanker to the receiver.
HDMI 1.0 was designed to improve on DVI-HDTV by using a smaller connector and adding audio capability and enhanced YCbCr capability and consumer electronics control functions.
"Given the long-term trajectory of domestic energy production and transportation capabilities, a smaller SPR is projected to be able to continue to meet international obligations and emergency needs," states a budget document released by the White House on Tuesday.
"In a smaller area we have capabilities for dog sniffing for IEDs.
In parallel, a Giardia lamblia box C/D snoRNA was also found to be processed into a smaller molecule with miRNA capabilities and characteristics [18].
This could be attributed to the positive effect of work experience on knowledge and is in keeping with the study by Schmidt et al [ 17] which showed that job experience had a substantial direct impact on job knowledge and a smaller impact on performance capabilities.
