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trace amount

[/treɪs əˈmaʊnt/]
nounpl: trace amounts
quantidade vestigial / traço / quantidade mínima
1. A very small or negligible quantity of a substance; an amount so small that it can barely be detected or measured
The water sample contained only a trace amount of lead.
A amostra de água continha apenas uma quantidade vestigial de chumbo.
2. In chemistry and medicine, a concentration of a substance that is so low it can only be detected by sensitive analytical methods
The blood test revealed trace amounts of the medication in his system.
O exame de sangue revelou quantidades vestigiais do medicamento em seu sistema.
Synonyms
minute quantitynegligible amounttiny amountinfinitesimal amountspeck
Antonyms
large amountsubstantial quantitysignificant amountbulk

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
quantidade vestigial / traço
Most commonly used in scientific and technical contexts
Rio de Janeiro
quantidade mínima / traço
Informal usage in colloquial speech
São Paulo
quantidade vestigial / traço
Preferred in academic and professional settings
Portugal
vestígio / quantidade vestigial
Common in scientific Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

a drop in the bucket
a grain of salt
a smidgen
barely a trace
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