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comparative more petite, superlative most petite
(especially of a woman) Fairly short and of slim build. examples
(clothing) Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women. examples
Small, little; insignificant; petty. quotations examples
The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?
1662, Galileo Galilei, translated by Thomas Salisbury, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
plural petites
(genetics) A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose. quotations examples
The primary structure of the mitochondrial genomes of these petites had been previously determined […]
2005, Giorgio Bernardi, Structural and Evolutionary Genomics, page 39