The phrase "a smaller depth of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing measurements or comparisons related to depth, such as in scientific, engineering, or descriptive contexts.
Example: "The new design allows for a smaller depth of the foundation, which will reduce construction costs."
Alternatives: "a reduced depth of" or "a lesser depth of".
Therefore, a small depth of cut leads to a reduced tendency for thermal effect on the CFRP composites.
It was a beautiful winter's day in Somerset but despite having plenty of light to play with I decided to have a wide-open aperture to give me a small depth of field and blur the background nicely.
A mild slope in the advance direction can improve performance when a small depth of irrigation is required, while there are no significant benefits from increasing the elevation difference between adjacent basins.
Sewer design based on consideration of flow with non-deposition with a bed deposit reduces channel bed slope and construction cost in which the presence of a small depth of sediment deposition on the bed increases the sediment transport capacity of the flow.
Also due to its low water use, the plant can survive on a small depth of stored soil water.
In the earlier phase of attached cultivation, the pigment content in every single cell is relatively high, so that the light intensity decreased sharply when passing through each algal layer and can penetrate only a small depth of the algal biofilm.
Cut a small depth of the meat near the tail of the fish.
This justifies the greater resistance of the soil in the FE model, which results in reversing the slope of the curve for the bending moment and hence the occurrence of the inflection point at a smaller depth below the top of the pile.
The higher numerical aperture ensures the smaller depth of focus.
A relatively large depth-of-field is called deep; a relatively small depth-of-field is called shallow.
