(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.
Jostle
Definition:
(v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
(v. i.) To push; to crowd; to hustle.
(n.) A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
Example Sentences:
(1) They moved to shore up May’s position after a weekend of damaging leaks and briefings from inside the cabinet, believed to be fuelled by some of those jostling to succeed the prime minister after her disastrous election result.
(2) With so many superfoods jostling for attention in the media and on supermarket shelves, it’s not always easy to separate the fad from the genuinely healthy.
(3) Having a British shoe designer to work with "felt like a really nice connection because we are opening in London," said Tom Mora, head of women's design, as a scrum of guests jostled for a better Instagram shot of the models behind him.
(4) There are nominal cycle lanes on some of the capital's main thoroughfares, but with seven million cars jostling for space, those lanes are often cannibalised by motorised rickshaws and scooters, leaving no safe space for bicyclists.
(5) Pilgrims from all over the world, many weeping and clutching precious mementos or photographs of loved ones, jostle beneath its soaring domes every day.
(6) Chimpanzees copy the dominant male in behaviours that are seen to work, which is perhaps why – again, with apologies to chimpanzees – the White House press corps spent Trump’s first press conference the other week jostling needily for attention, adopting a noticeably brasher tone as they called out their questions, and allowing the weaker of their number to be bullied by the dominant male.
(7) Next to these disasters, the odd jostle to climb on to a refrigerated lorry in Calais, which recently was depicted as a hideous national crisis, is a minor issue.
(8) It became clear at some point between the exhibition packed with people (mid-week) politely jostling each other to examine the tiny fragments of a culture that disappeared over a thousand years ago and the gift shop mugs and tea cloths depicting charts of the seas – North, Baltic, Atlantic – across which the Vikings sailed.
(9) Manchester City have elbowed Bayern Munich and Liverpool out of the way as the three clubs jostle for position at the head of a queue forming for Schalke’s Leroy Sané , the German international winger who would cost up to £40m.
(10) He also wins a little jostle with Lehrer: Lehrer : Your two minutes is up, sir Obama : I had five seconds before you interrupted me Obama also wraps up Massachusetts' Romneycare in an embrace, but Romney neatly turns it around and accuses Obama of ignoring bipartisanship, which he ahd embraced as governor, as well as making various accusations, the most off-beam of which was saying: "We didn't cut $716m from Medicare, we didn't have Medicare."
(11) The two jostled over who was the closest to Israel, with Romney berating Obama for failing to visit Israel during a Middle East tour.
(12) The stoning ritual, in which worshippers jostle for position to take aim at the pillars, has been the scene of seven similar incidents over the past two decades.
(13) Law accused Nauru's president, Baron Waqa, of acting in contempt of court and said he was jostled and pushed by his arresting officer.
(14) He later left the court amid angry jostling between the two legal teams after a defence lawyer accused Akram Sheikh, the special prosecutor in the case, of issuing threats in private against his adversaries.
(15) There are mothers in pastel hijabs, men in T-shirts and longyis, and naked children clutching on to grandparents, jostling for space among puddles and dust, held back by guards with rifles.
(16) At the close of the session, hundreds of MPs were seen jostling for taxis outside the Reichstag building, impatient to return to their interrupted summer holidays and hoping that they were free of the Greek crisis for the time being.
(17) Egypt's breadbasket is littered with the remnants of old colonisers, from the Romans to the Germans, and today its 50 million inhabitants jostle for space among the crumbling forts and cemeteries of those who sought to subjugate them in the past.
(18) All outfield players jostle on the edge of the area, bar Assou-Ekotto, who swings one into the far post.
(19) Republican hopefuls jostle for limelight in TV debate as Trump's shadow looms Read more Two more debates will be held in either February or March – one in Miami as a cooperative effort with Univision and the Washington Post, and one in Wisconsin held with PBS.
(20) Most nights of the week, Isaac will make a two-hour round trip to a Nigerian border town, jostle his way to the front of large crowds at fuel stations and return with enough fuel to fill up four 4x4s.