Small item inserted into a drill

Usage examples of bit.

The snowflakes had become fine and dry, almost like bits of ice, and they seemed to be abrading the world, smoothing it the way that sandpaper smoothed wood, until eventually there would be no peaks and valleys, nothing but a featureless, highly polished plain as far as anyone could see.

Ego camps still absolutize the noosphere, the Eco camps are still absolutizing the biosphere, utterly unaware that this contributes every bit as much as the Ego camps to the destruction of the biosphere itself.

Is there ony bit ye can bide at, not abune twenty miles frae Woodilee?

Particle accelerators are based on the same principle: They hurl bits of matter such as electrons and protons at each other as well as at other targets, and elaborate detectors analyze the resulting spray of debris to determine the architecture of the objects involved.

Already a bit bewildered by their flurry of Classical references and Latin maxims, he was lost when Acer and George exchanged a few lines in French, watching out of the corner of their eyes to see if he had understood.

But all stories about Granny Aching had a bit of fairy tale about them.

Nearly a month of unrelieved campaigning up through the inhospitable mountains had given them the look of ruffiansmostly unwashed, untrimmed and unshaven, showy with gaudy bits of looted Ahrmehnee finery, acrawl with vermin.

The former did its own frantic sifting--something CIA automatically does, looking for that actionable bit of gold.

I dare say if those letters had ever reached their addressees, some of them would have been every bit as astonished as Lubov was and just about as likely to welcome their assignments.

Seemed like our little bit of land had been uprooted and had gone adrift, far out to sea.

Right now, my twin lies to the Council, saying that you threw me into the ocean and that I am adrift at sea, clinging to a bit of wood.

All at once the group opened up a bit and they saw a silvery, glittering aeroplane, agleam with new aluminum paint, throbbing and vibrating, as if anxious to be off.

Out in the amphitheater, the afanc finished chasing down the stray bits of bodies left floating in the water.

Bit Yakin, had come from afar with his servants, and entered the valley of Alkmeenon.

Confess that you have been the tiniest bit wrong in this little matter and turn the sunshine of your smile upon your children, I pray you, and in the meantime believe them, Always affectionately yours .