| English | Russian |
| a is less than b | a меньше b |
| A is less than B by a positive even integer | а меньше чем В на положительное число |
| a is not less than b | не меньше |
| a is numerically less than b | а численно меньше b |
| a square matrix is rank deficient if its rank is less than its order | неполный ранг |
| all points at a distance less than K from A | меньший чем |
| be infinitessimally less than | меньше на бесконечно малую величину |
| be less than | не превышать |
| be less than | не превосходить |
| differ by less than 1% | различаться менее чем на 1% |
| differ by less than 1% | отличаться менее, чем на 1% |
| G is less than a third of the distance between these two points | на треть |
| be greater or less than | больше или меньше, чем |
| if one could gather all the parts of an exploding atom, their total weight would be slightly less than the weight of the original atom | если бы ... то ... бы |
| in the case of linear convergence, in each step the error is multiplied by an almost constant convergence factor whose absolute value is less than 1 | множитель сходимости |
| 12 is 3 less than 15 | на ... больше меньше |
| is nothing more or less than | не что иное, как |
| less accurate than | менее точный (the first formula is less accurate than the second one) |
| less than | меньше чем (discretizations with order of accuracy less than three) |
| less than | отнять (2 less than x translates as x отнять 2 М. Ефремов) |
| 1 less greater than a power of two | ни один из которых |
| less than-equal sign | знак равно или меньше |
| less than fully efficient method | метод неполной эффективности |
| less than or equal to | не более |
| less than or equal to | не больше (= меньше или равно) |
| less than sign | знак меньше |
| less than unity | меньше единицы |
| less than unity in modulus | по модулю |
| less than unity in modulus | меньше единицы по модулю |
| less than unity in modulus | единица (меньше единицы по модулю) |
| less than zero | меньше нуля (Slawjanka) |
| let x have a norm equal to or less than 1 | пусть x имеет норму равную или меньшую, чем единица |
| n is less than or equal to k | меньше или равно (но не less or equal to) |
| n is less than or equal to k | n меньше или равно k (но не less or equal to) |
| neither more nor less than | как |
| no less than | равно как (и) |
| no less than | а равно и |
| no less than | не меньше, чем |
| relation less than | отношение меньше чем |
| seven is four less than eleven | семь на четыре меньше одиннадцати |
| be somewhat less than, be slightly less than, be just under | чуть меньше |
| the length less than | длина меньше, чем |
| this term is less than 1 in absolute value | по модулю (in modulus) |
| 10 times smaller or less than | в 10 раз меньше (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.) |
| two times less than | в два раза меньше чем (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.".) |
| let f be functions, values of which are less than | величины которых меньше, чем ... |
| we thus obtain a graph of no less than k edges | не меньше |
