| Russian | English |
| а меньше чем В на положительное число | A is less than B by a positive even integer |
| а численно меньше b | a is numerically less than b |
| больше или меньше, чем | be greater or less than |
| большинство систем, возникающих в приложениях, имеют меньше, чем d решений | empirically we find that most systems arising in applications have fewer than d solutions |
| быть меньше | fall short of (чего-либо) |
| быть несравненно меньше, чем | be only a fraction of (the size of) |
| в два раза меньше | twice as little |
| в два раза меньше | half as large |
| в два раза меньше чем | two times less than (Can you say two times less?
The phrase 'two times less than' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when you want to express that one number is half of another number. For example: "My new car has two times less horsepower than my old car.".) |
| в 10 раз меньше | one-tenth as much |
| в 10 раз меньше | 10 times smaller or less than (What does 10 times less than mean?
When people say ten times less they usually mean 1/10 as much, which is 90% less. But calling this "ten times less" is mathematically incorrect.) |
| в три раза меньше | three times less (What is 3 times less?
"Three times less" in the matter of language means one-third of something. The phrase "three times less" is a language entity rather than a mathematical one 'More) |
| вдвое меньше | one half as much (as) |
| вдвое меньше | the error estimate is only half as large |
| вдвое меньше | half |
| величины которых меньше, чем ... | let f be functions, values of which are less than |
| вполовину меньше | less by half (чем) |
| вполовину меньше | one half as much (чем; as) |
| всё меньше и меньше | progressively smaller |
| всё меньше и меньше | less and less |
| гораздо меньше | far less (much) |
| длина меньше, чем | the length less than |
| знак меньше | less than sign |
| знак много меньше | much less sign |
| знак не меньше | not less sign |
| знак равно или меньше | less than-equal sign |
| как можно меньше | as small as possible |
| как можно меньше | as few |
| какой из этих углов меньше? | which of these angles is smaller? |
| меньше вполовину | less by half |
| меньше всего | the least |
| меньше единицы | less than unity |
| меньше единицы по модулю | less than unity in modulus |
| Меньше или равно | Below or Equal (Himera) |
| меньше или равно | LE (less than or equal to; less or equal) |
| меньше или равно | less or equal |
| меньше или равно | n is less than or equal to k (но не less or equal to) |
| n меньше или равно k | n is less than or equal to k (но не less or equal to) |
| меньше или равно | the number of leaves may be equal to m or less (than m, and several branch points may lie above one another) |
| меньше интересует | of less concern to |
| меньше на бесконечно малую величину | be infinitessimally less than |
| меньше нуля | less than zero (Slawjanka) |
| меньше чем | less than (discretizations with order of accuracy less than three) |
| меньше чем | lower than (the drags of these bodies are lower than the drag of the cone is for λ) |
| меньше, чем | fewer than |
| меньше ... чем ... на | x is smaller than y by a term of order n |
| на 10 меньше | be 10 less |
| на несколько процентов меньше | to be by a few percent less |
| на один меньше | one less |
| на один меньше | be one fewer |
| на порядок величины меньше | by an order of magnitude less (MichaelBurov) |
| на порядок меньше | for sedimentary rock, the ultimate tensile strength is an order of magnitude less |
| на порядок меньше | by an order of magnitude less (MichaelBurov) |
| намного меньше | be far less |
| намного меньше | many fewer |
| намного меньше | far less |
| наполовину меньше | half as large |
| наполовину меньше | by one half |
| не меньше | n is no smaller than k |
| не меньше | a is not less than b |
| не меньше | this set has no fewer than twenty elements |
| не меньше | greater than or equal to |
| не меньше | we thus obtain a graph of no less than k edges |
| не меньше, чем | no less than |
| несколько меньше, чем | not so many as |
| несравненно меньше, чем | only a fraction of |
| отношение меньше чем | relation less than |
| по размеру меньше | smaller in size |
| распределение с эксцессом меньше нормального | platykurtic distribution |
| с эксцессом меньше нормального | platykurtic platonism (о распределении) |
| с эксцессом меньше нормального | platykurtosis |
| семь на четыре меньше одиннадцати | seven is four less than eleven |
| становиться всё меньше и меньше | diminish progressively |
| степень N меньше или равна | the degree of N is less or equal to (the degree of the polynomial f, less in case of multiple roots) |
| степень N меньше или равна | the degree of N is less or equal to (the degree of the polynomial f, less in case of multiple roots; ...) |
| стохастически больше или меньше | stochastically larger or smaller |
| строго меньше | strictly less |
| х в n раз меньше | x is factor of n lower |
| чуть меньше | be somewhat less than, be slightly less than, be just under |
| чуть меньше, чем за 5 минут | in just under five minutes |
| эксцесс меньше нормального | platykurtosis platonism (распределения) |
