Small Intestine: A coiled tube in the abdominal cavity that is the major site of chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients; composed of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

 

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Small Intestine: A coiled tube in the abdominal cavity that is the major site of chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients; composed of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

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Large Intestine: Consists of the cecum, appendix, colon, and rectum; absorbs some nutrients, but mainly prepares feces for elimination.

Small Investor: A temporary fall in performance, often describing consistently falling security prices for several weeks or months.

Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (SODIMM): These memory modules are typically used in laptop and notebook computers where space and low power consumption is a major consideration. SODIMM's are about half the size of its DIMM counterpart.

Small Issues Exemption: An individual person investing in small quantities of stock or bonds. This group of investors makes up a minimal fraction of total stock ownership.

Small Ship: A ship with a grt (gross registered tonnage) of less than 40,000 tons. Holland america's prinsendam, and the tahitian princess are examples of this category.

Small-Firm Effect: A stock with a small capitalization, meaning a total equity value of less than $500 million.

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