(a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
(n.) That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
(n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.
(n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.
(a.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.
(a.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
(n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.
(n.) Acquiescence without examination.
(n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
(n.) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".
Example Sentences:
(1) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
(2) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(3) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
(4) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(5) The content of the cavities was not stained by any of the immunocytochemical reactions applied.
(6) However, decapitation did not eliminate the sex difference in the tissue content of P4 during control incubations.
(7) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
(8) The ATP content of the cholinergic electromotor nerves of Torpedo marmorata has been measured.
(9) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(10) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
(11) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(12) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
(13) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
(14) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
(15) The intensity of the type III specific peptide bands correlates with the type III content of the samples.
(16) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
(17) "With hyperspectral imaging, you can tell the chemical content of a cake just by taking a photo of it.
(18) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
(19) Proving that not all teens are content with being part of a purely digital community, Adele Mayr attended a YouTube meet-up in London’s Hyde Park.
(20) The aim of this study was to describe the contents of daily reports in two homes for the aged.
Etiquette
Definition:
(n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
Example Sentences:
(1) Kids can roll their sleeves up and dig for skeletons, dress up as Romans, handle neolithic artefacts, go metal detecting, learn medieval royal etiquette, take a lesson in stone-age survival skills, and take part in period-focused workshops.
(2) Johann Hari, who has written for the Independent over the past decade, s aid in a blogpost entitled "Interview etiquette" , written late on Monday, that when "I've interviewed a writer" he had "occasionally" chosen to quote "the idea as they expressed it in writing, rather than how they expressed it in speech" to make their thoughts clearer.
(3) It might be really sordid and bad sexual etiquette, but whatever else it is, it is not rape or you bankrupt the term rape of all meaning."
(4) Meanwhile, a comment piece in the Sydney Daily Telegraph accuses the British press of honouring "an antiquated code of etiquette" by not publishing the image.
(5) Most of them were habituated – that is, used to, human observers with an understanding of gorilla etiquette – but misunderstandings sometimes occur.
(6) To study patient preferences on physician attire and etiquette, we interviewed 200 patients on the general medical services of teaching hospitals in Boston and San Francisco.
(7) Four (2.6%) had acceptable etiquette, and 149 (96.8%) had bad respiratory etiquette.
(8) The Sherpas believed the Europeans had dangerously breached mountain etiquette by moving across ropes that were being fixed when they'd been asked to wait; during the argument, a Sherpa waved an ice axe threateningly and the European called him a "motherfucker".
(9) Just about everything – from what to serve, to how to eat, nothing brings out more social judgment than nibbles etiquette.
(10) She spellchecks on Twitter Asked for etiquette tips on how to stay classy online, Stewart advised the audience to try not to misspell on social media.
(11) Updated at 4.42pm BST 4.17pm BST My colleague Paul Harris has been considering the Romney tapes and in this post, he gets at what's so toxic about them – voters do not like a candidate who "talks about them behind their backs": In many ways the true horror of Mitt Romney's secretly recorded remarks made at a private fundraiser is that they are a terrible breach of etiquette.
(12) The Respect MP George Galloway has been criticised by the leader of his party for suggesting that the rape allegations facing the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange amount to little more than "really bad manners" and "bad sexual etiquette".
(13) His perfect manners were based not on etiquette but on sensitivity to others.
(14) But back in the General Staff's Versailles-like HQ, among the columns, frescos and sweeping staircases, the Fragonards and the Bouchers on the walls and the marble floors underfoot, the aristocrats and the officer class – their faces mean, smug, scarred or fat – trade ghastly obscenities about acceptable death tolls and national honour, their moral universe and patterns of thought throttled by protocol, precedent, military codes and banal social etiquette.
(15) Smythson does, after all, advise customers on etiquette.
(16) Shame, especially, was to be worked out according to the best codes of public-school etiquette, in the privacy of one's mental dormitory.
(17) He too was West Ham and he profanely schooled me in the breached etiquettes of Ince's departure – "You don't say you'll sign a new contract then show up on the back pages in a Man U shirt."
(18) This just doesn't sound like the BBC I know where knowledge – especially about what your rivals and competitors are up to – is power; and it's perhaps the first indication that Entwistle was already imprisoned by organisational etiquette.
(19) They also showed an immediate grasp of Twitter etiquette by using the blogging site as a window into a private life – Wendi_Deng teased her "husband" about the speed with which he gained followers – in just three days he has over 90,000 followers.
(20) Meetings would be held seated on the floor in a circle, erasing all signs of hierarchy that traditionally has been part of Afghan court etiquette.