less than

Noun

 * 1) The character, denoting having a smaller amount or number.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَصْغَر مِن, صُغْرَى مِن
 * Finnish: pienempi kuin -merkki
 * French: plus petit que
 * Italian: meno di
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 보다 작다
 * Portuguese: menor que
 * Romanian: mai mic decât
 * Spanish: menor que
 * Swedish: mindre än
 * Tagalog: kubus sa

Adjective

 * 1)  Inferior in consideration, rank, or importance.

Usage notes
When used as an adjective, less than can never be used attributively, but it is also ungrammatical to use it as a postpositive immediately after the word modified. Rather, it must be used postpositively as part of a complement.