Sentence examples for are essentially small from inspiring English sources

Single nucleotide polymorphisms, known as SNP's (pronounced snips), are essentially small variations in the sequence of DNA that comprises genes.

They are essentially small handheld electric or pneumatic motors that can rotate socket wrenches at high speed.

These channels, called high-volume outfalls, are essentially small rivers, Dr. Carlson said, and are often designed so the water cascades violently back into the river.

PANAMA HOTEL TEA AND COFFEE HOUSE Chika Tokara's medium is wagashi, a form of a Japanese confection: steamed sweets of rice and bean paste that are essentially small edible sculptures.

Breast implants, which are essentially small silicone rubber bags filled with a material, typically silicone or a saline solution, are used after breast cancer surgery or simply for cosmetic purposes.

Unlike Bordeaux, where many of the best-known chateaus are run by corporations or wealthy absentee owners, Burgundy is full of estates, including many of the leading ones, that are essentially small businesses.

Black cars are essentially small-scale limousines that serve mainly business customers who pay with vouchers or credit cards rather than cash.

Hotel du Lac, for example, can be inaccurately summarised as the story of a woman who, disappointed in love, goes on a classy but unadventurous foreign holiday, is disappointed once again, and comes home; often her novels are spoken of as if they are essentially small-scale studies in the acceptance of failure.

The Schur complement operator is the sum of subdomain Schur complement operators, the application of which is shown to correspond to the solution of subdomain optimal control problems, which are essentially smaller copies of the original optimal control problem.

In addition, that reach is extended by a series of over 30 'spokes.' Those are essentially smaller spaces that are designed to be accessible while members are traveling or wanting to work outside of normal business hours.

When the big movie studio system broke up in the 1930s it fractured into a large number of what were essentially small specialist firms and freelancers.