(v. t.) The state of being contented or satisfied; content.
(v. t.) The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
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.
Naivety
Definition:
(n.) Naivete.
Example Sentences:
(1) The home team's defence had been undermined by naivety and it was in evidence when Stepanov, already on a yellow card for a foul on McGeady and having been played into trouble, lunged for the ball only to be beaten to it by Keane.
(2) Haki's naivety about English detective fiction is more than matched by Latimer's ingenuous excitement as Haki describes to him Dimitrios's sordid career, and he decides it would be fun to write the gangster's biography.
(3) The record after his release suggests there was a certain naivety about Mandela, born of tutored ignorance, the product of imprisonment and deliberate isolation.
(4) Some will look back at that age and see either misguided paternalism or rank naivety.
(5) The media tycoon’s views appear to have moved on since March this year, when he lamented the surgeon’s political naivety: Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) Read 2 bks by famous neurosurgeon Ben Carson, running for president.
(6) And yes, I realise I should probably have known this before I signed up, but youthful naivety meant I jumped straight in.
(7) He had revealed a naivety in failing to foresee how the prime minister might wield the veto in the late-night talks in Brussels.
(8) But, in their feminine naivety, they fail to realise that their comeuppance is on its way, their freedoms snatched by the invasion of the genuine oppressor.
(9) Clegg chirrups with incredible naivety, given Sats, league tables and Ofsted inspections and the already quantified 20% of children with special needs, that this is not "a sort of name-and-shame table".
(10) Deep down, I believe the character really has bumbled her way through a mafia career, using her naivety as protection.
(11) Quite apart from its apparent naivety, this is Blond all over: pushing beyond two entrenched positions, finding a third, and sounding simultaneously conservative and radical, albeit in a slightly self-conscious way.
(12) Part of the attraction of No Logo is Klein’s frank admission of the naivety of her quest.
(13) As Glastonbury virgins, they treated the world's biggest festival with the same nonchalant naivety with which they'd conducted their entire career, and with the added issues of an enormous crowd and 2007's ultra-sensitive perimeter sound limiters, it made for a distant and underwhelming experience.
(14) I saw no staff around to confirm whether this was the right train – and, in my naivety, I presumed my train may have been delayed leaving – as it was only eight minutes, after all.
(15) There's a You Got The Look with power chords chiselled out of funk licks; a How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore performed solo at the piano with all of its devastating naivety.
(16) Ruben Loftus-Cheek discovered that much when his bright attacking display was checked at the break with the manager citing naivety out of possession as reason enough to prompt his replacement.
(17) Where opponents speak of naivety, an inevitable collision with the powers that be, the Marxists speak of an historic opportunity to eradicate the politics of austerity both in and beyond Greece.
(18) The second definition highlights followers of a certain hipster culture, which revels in a childlike naivety; the films of Wes Anderson , the early books of Dave Eggers , and the twee indie pop of Belle and Sebastian are all mentioned.
(19) Maybe I can call this naivety, but I think that the right thing – truth, honour, justice – always prevails in the end,” says Masood.
(20) The naivety of claiming that lobbying and influencing cannot benefit students is wrong and dangerously misguided.