A small, barely detectable amount.
An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
A clue.
Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
To develop and add hints to a font.
To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
A little bit.
A part of speech which cannot be inflected.
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.
A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).
In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.