📖 Definitions of "Modicum"
noun
- 1
A modest, small, or trifling amount.
"Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others."
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| minimalnoun | Something very small; a tiny part or fragment. |
| minimumnoun | The smallest amount. |
| modest | Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. |
| shrednoun | A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount. |
| glimpsenoun | Chiefly followed by of: a brief and incomplete look. |
| glimmernoun | A faint light; a dim glow. |
| cuspnoun | (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events. |
| bladenoun | The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. |
| apexnoun | The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. |
| lownoun | A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc). |
| iotanoun | (chiefly in the negative) A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity. |
| bitnoun | (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0. |
| atomnoun | (chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. |
| strandnoun | Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. |
| minnoun | (obsolete) Memory; remembrance. |
| inchnoun | An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb. |
| smidgenoun | Synonym of smidgen. |
| morselnoun | A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food. |
| maravedinoun | (historical) A former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver and copper, discontinued in 1848. |
| min.noun | Abbreviation of minimum. [The lowest limit.] |
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