(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.
Wag
Definition:
(v. t.) To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.
(v. i.) To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
(v. i.) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
(v. i.) To go; to depart; to pack oft.
(v.) The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
(v.) A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
Example Sentences:
(1) In cell-free protein-synthesizing systems containing an S30 extract from liver and brain cortex tissues of 22-day-old fetuses and of male WAG rats (1-900 days old), the minimal rate of protein synthesis was observed in the fetuses, while the maximal one - in 7-day-old animals.
(2) And yet, when it comes to the Wag obsession, we seem to have regressed many decades.
(3) Kevin Rudd's election campaign in 2007 was dubbed "hurry up and wait" by some wags.
(4) Afterwards, the scourge of corrupt politicians wagged his own clean finger in front of the cameras.
(5) The wag added the line "these allegations are completely unsubstantiated and have no basis in reality," which was duly tweeted out by the account.
(6) The long-term surviving AUG rats from both the CsA alone group and the CsA plus 250 rads pretreated islets group were challenged with WAG dendritic cells (DC).
(7) The most active were oak bark, sage and St. John's wort grass WAG extracts, horse radish root and leaf AG extracts, celandine grass WA extract; bur marigold and yarrow grass WA extracts were active towards S. aureus.
(8) It is the media that has chosen to describe them as Wags and define them by their marital status.
(9) (There was the notorious Manchester United Christmas party in 2007, when the Wags were apparently told to stay at home, 100 handpicked women were brought in to party with the players, and the night ended with a rape allegation that was later dropped.)
(10) In her speech, Morgan conceded: “I’m a firm believer that, alongside ensuring the rigour of our assessments, we must never let the assessment tail wag the dog of what is taught in school.” Glenys Stacey, Ofqual’s chief regulator, has argued that practical work would not be ignored.
(11) Tempting though it is to lecture President Hu on human rights (and it is right to keep the spotlight on the persecution of the pro‑democracy group Charter 08 and the imprisonment of Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo), the wagging finger rarely works in diplomacy.
(12) – or, as it's known among production wags, The Eggs Factor .
(13) Using rats of the inbred BN and WAG strain, we tested the hypothesis that chronic dietary choline supplementation would especially affect the timing behavior of BN rats because of their lower cholinergic activity and their poor performance in aversively motivated learning and memory tasks.
(14) The coupling constant between the C11H and C12H wags as well as the C12H wag force constant are unusually low compared to those of retinal model compounds.
(15) There are three typical types of manicure: the regular polish; the gel or acrylic spatula-shaped talons beloved of the tabloid Wag; and the super-cool, bejewelled nail art more commonly seen in either east London or Japan.
(16) infusion) to WAG rats bearing hind limb solid colonic adenocarcinoma implants.
(17) At 30 to 40 minutes after injection, tail wagging was the only adverse reaction (EEG artifact) observed.
(18) Examination by use of WAG syngeneic female rats was made on 4 rat rhabdomyosarcoma sublines expressing different metastatic potentials for their abilities to degrade proteoglycans and glycoproteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM), deposited by corneal endothelial cells and metabolically labeled with [3H]glycosamine and [35S]sulfate.
(19) The low-wavenumber lines are enhanced in the resonance Raman spectrum by conformational distortion, and the uncoupling of the 11- and 12-hydrogen wags is caused by additional protein perturbations.
(20) "They're going into this world of glamour modelling because it's the only route they can see to wealth and success, and the Wag culture is bound up with that.