petite

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).

1. Fairly short and of slim build.
2. Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women.
3. Small, little; insignificant; petty.

   “The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?”

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).

1. A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose.

   “The primary structure of the mitochondrial genomes of these petites had been previously determined […]”