(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.
Indecisive
Definition:
(a.) Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.
(a.) Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character.
Example Sentences:
(1) Another indecisive election result could do for it.
(2) This dilemma is at the heart of many people's anguished indecision over the wisdom of our action in Iraq.
(3) The decision to drop the tax is a personal blow for Hollande and only one of a number of government U-turns since he was elected, fuelling criticism that he is indecisive and lacking presidential authority.
(4) She has already started her rounds of the constituencies to garner support, and has profited from Johnson’s indecision on whether he would or would not return to parliament.
(5) I graduated in 2012 and since then i've worked some freelance work in sound engineering, photography and videography and taken on only one part time job, moved between two cities generally being indecisive about my future.
(6) The procedure can be done smoothly and quickly without any indecision as to its consequences.
(7) Pringle found these conferences “brilliant and often informative”, but “they used to drive me nearly frantic because of the difficulty of getting a decision.’ Katharine Whitehorn , the women’s page editor, famously declared that “the editor’s indecision is final”, but although Astor would sometimes allow his journalists to vent opposing views in print as well in person – Nora Beloff and Robert Stephens on Israel and Palestine, for example – he always had the final say.
(8) The reported arms deal comes at a time when Saudi Arabia, a traditional US ally, has sharply criticised the United States for what it regards as indecisiveness on Syria, as well as Washington's attempts at reconciliation with Iran, Saudi Arabia's regional rival.
(9) It was stressed that besides the kidney functional state the state of certain basic clinical indecision had also to be given consideration, as blood pressure values, cardiovascular system state, presence of difficult-to-be-corrected anemia as well as certain social factors.
(10) Elastica, The Menace (Deceptive, 2000) Hip, arty and bristling with pop hooks, Elastica's eponymous debut was one of Britpop's finest hours, but fluctuating line-ups, indecision and heroin dogged the follow-up.
(11) Ed Miliband was either too indecisive in his rejection of Blairism, or simply an inadequate exponent of that view.
(12) Johnson is the master-builder of that image, deflecting every lie, every gaffe, dishonesty and U-turn with some self-deprecating metaphor: calling his feigned indecision “veering all over the place like a shopping trolley” was worth a world of worthy platitudes.
(13) Some, however, expressed frustration at what they saw as indecisive tactics by their senior command, as well as a general lack of police numbers and of riot-trained backup officers.
(14) The word is none-too flattering, meaning being indecisive, or failing to have an opinion on something – behaviour that Germans often attribute to Merkel.
(15) He indirectly signalled that Europe's attempts to get to grips with the crisis over the past 18 months had been disjointed, indecisive, and unproductive.
(16) The fear of looking ridiculous is one of the primary reasons that bold decisions like this are not taken, because when you start weighing up the myriad ways a particular course of action could go wrong, then you become riddled with self-doubt, second-guess yourself and become paralysed with fear and indecision.
(17) In a finer grain analysis, the stable and commonly endorsed individual PDQ items were compared with previously reported panic disorder and normal control subjects, which showed that the present sample was more like the panic patients in their tendency to see themselves as rather unassertive, indecisive, self-critical, and emotional individuals who are easily frustrated and feel rejected when criticized by others.
(18) A government audit also found about half of the reconstruction budget had yet to be distributed owing to red tape and indecision over how the affected communities should be rebuilt.
(19) This is about much more than Tony Blair's slipperiness or Gordon Brown's indecisiveness.
(20) For months she has held to a hard line; now her toughness is beginning to look like indecisiveness.