The phrase "lower than half" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two different amounts. For example, "The cost of the phone was lower than half of what I was expecting."
That's higher than the overall population — but much lower than "half" as stated by O'Rourke.
The main feature of the phase diagram concerns the specific behaviour of solutions observed whenever the concentration of disordered segments becomes lower than half the initial polymer concentration.
But the real death rate is not known and could be lower than half because some mild cases may go uncounted.
This assessment is based on the fact that their declines followed first order kinetics and that these patients usually died when their levels were lower than half the initial levels.
The maximum von Mises stresses occurred at the back plate center and these values, 204 218 MPa were lower than half of the yield strength of F82H (455 MPa).
The U.N.'s numbers come from the official Census definition that has been kept for decades by the U.S. government, defining extreme poverty as having an income lower than half the official poverty rate, Alston said in an interview.
With an acceptance rate lower than one-half of one percent, earning an invitation to Mastermind Talks is more difficult than getting accepted to Harvard.
Before November 1999, the incidence of illness in persons who received Loch Lomond water at home was already substantially lower (less than half) than for their counterparts who received water from other sources.
Only the carrier PA is active when the amplitude of the signal is lower than the half of the peak amplitude, and both PAs are active when the signal amplitude is larger than the half of the peak amplitude.
In February the group reported lower than expected half year profits and slower inflows and client additions.
Diageo added 60.5p to 2022.5p despite the drinks giant reporting slightly lower than expected half year sales of £5.9bn, compared to forecasts of £6bn, and a profit rise of just 1%.
