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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: contemper - content-addressable</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="contemper"> contemper, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rare.) to temper; blend; modify; adjust. </DL> <A NAME="contemplable"> contemplable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be contemplated. </DL> <A NAME="contemplate"> contemplate, verb, -plated, -plating.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to think about for a long time; study carefully. Ex. I will contemplate your proposal. The old man contemplated the past with a feeling of longing and regret. (SYN) ponder. <DD> 2. to look at for a long time; gaze at. Ex. The afternoon raced by as he contemplated the waves at the seashore. (SYN) survey, regard. <DD> 3. to have in mind; consider, intend, or expect. Ex. She is contemplating a trip to Europe. (SYN) consider, plan. <DD>v.i. to be absorbed in contemplation; meditate. Ex. All day he did nothing but contemplate. (SYN) muse, reflect, think. noun contemplator. </DL> <A NAME="contemplation"> contemplation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of looking at or thinking about something for a long time. Ex. From contemplation one can become wise (A. Edward Newton). <DD> 2. deep thought; meditation. Ex. He was sunk in contemplation and did not hear the doorbell. (SYN) reverie, musing. <DD> 3. expectation or intention. Ex. We are buying tents and other equipment in contemplation of a camping trip this summer. (SYN) prospect. </DL> <A NAME="contemplative"> contemplative, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. deeply thoughtful; meditative. Ex. After the play, he sat in a contemplative mood. Scholars enjoy a contemplative life. (SYN) pensive, reflective. <DD> 2. devoted to religious meditation, prayer, or study. Ex. The monks lived a quiet, contemplative life in the monastery. <DD>noun a person who leads a contemplative life, especially a monk or a nun. Ex. We reserve our admiration, on the whole, not for talkers or dreamers or contemplatives, but for those ... who deliver tangible benefits to mankind (Harper's). (SYN) thinker. adv. contemplatively. noun contemplativeness. </DL> <A NAME="contemporaneity"> contemporaneity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or fact of being contemporaneous; contemporaneousness. Ex. The Israelis surprised me principally by the variety of their work and the contemporaneity of their outlook (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="contemporaneous"> contemporaneous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the same period of time; contemporary. Ex. The lives of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were contemporaneous. The development of the airplane was contemporaneous with that of the automobile. (SYN) coeval. adv. contemporaneously. noun contemporaneousness. </DL> <A NAME="contemporary"> contemporary, adjective, noun, pl. -raries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. belonging to the same period of time. Ex. The telephone and the phonograph were contemporary inventions. Bach and Handel were contemporary composers. (SYN) coexistent. <DD> 2. of the same age or date. Ex. A neighbouring wood, born with himself, he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees (Abraham Cowley). (SYN) coeval, connate. <DD> 3. of or having to do with the present time; modern. Ex. Our teacher reads the books of many contemporary authors to us. <DD>noun 1. a person who belongs to the same period of time. Ex. Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee were contemporaries. We all tend to seek the society of our contemporaries. (SYN) coeval. <DD> 2. a person or thing of the same age or date. adv. contemporarily. noun contemporariness. </DL> <A NAME="contemporary"> Contemporary, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or designating a style of furniture or architecture marked by streamlined and functional design. <DD>noun this style. </DL> <A NAME="contemporize"> contemporize, verb, -rized, -rizing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to make contemporary. Ex. Mr. Carlyle has this power of contemporizing himself with bygone times (James Russell Lowell). <DD>v.i. to become contemporary. </DL> <A NAME="contempt"> contempt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the feeling that a person or act is mean and low; despising; scorn. Ex. Most people feel contempt for a cheat. (SYN) disdain. <DD> 2. the condition of being scorned or despised; disgrace. Ex. A traitor is held in contempt. <DD> 3. disobedience to or open disrespect for the rules or decisions of a law court or a lawmaking body. A person can be fined or imprisoned for contempt. See also contempt of court. </DL> <A NAME="contemptibility"> contemptibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the quality or state of being contemptible; contemptibleness. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) contemptuousness. </DL> <A NAME="contemptible"> contemptible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. deserving contempt or scorn; held in contempt; mean; low. Ex. a contemptible lie. Cowards and cheats are contemptible people. (SYN) worthless, despicable. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) full of contempt; scornful. noun contemptibleness. adv. contemptibly. </DL> <A NAME="contemptofcourt"> contempt of court,<DL COMPACT><DD> disobedience to or open disrespect for the rules or decisions of a law court; contempt. </DL> <A NAME="contemptuous"> contemptuous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> showing contempt; scornful. Ex. a contemptuous toss of the head. The police dog gave the kitten a contemptuous look. (SYN) disdainful. adv. contemptuously. noun contemptuousness. </DL> <A NAME="contend"> contend, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to work hard against difficulties; fight; struggle. Ex. The first settlers in America had to contend with unfriendly Indians, sickness, and lack of food. Farmers in the 1930's had to contend against drought and dust. (SYN) cope, wrestle, combat, battle. <DD> 2. to take part in a contest; compete; vie. Ex. Five runners were contending in the first race. Billows wild contend, with angry roar (Harriet Beecher Stowe). <DD> 3. to argue; dispute. Ex. The sisters contended about silly trifles. (SYN) wrangle. <DD>v.t. 1. to declare to be true. Ex. Columbus contended that the earth was round. (SYN) affirm, assert, maintain. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to contest; dispute (an object). Ex. When Carthage shall contend the world with Rome (John Dryden). </DL> <A NAME="contender"> contender, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who contends; combatant; rival; competitor. Ex. a contender for the boxing championship, the leading contenders in the electoral race. </DL> <A NAME="content"> content (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Often, contents. what is contained in anything; all things inside. Ex. An old chair, a desk, and a bed were the only contents of the room. No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents (Ezra Pound). <DD> 2. what is written in a book or said in a speech; facts and ideas stated; meaning. Ex. I didn't understand the content of his speech. The great mass of literature ... is valued because of its intellectual content (Thomas H. Huxley). <DD> 3. the amount contained; volume. Ex. The content of these apple boxes is below standard requirements. <DD> 4. the power of containing; capacity. Ex. The content of the gas tank of this car is 17 gallons. <DD> 5. the amount of a certain substance contained in anything. Ex. the sulfur content of petroleum. Cottage cheese has a high protein content. <DD> 6. size; extent; area, especially the amount of cubic space taken up. Ex. The usual scrub pail has a content of about two and one half gallons. <DD> 7. the subject matter or range of any field of study. Ex. the content of our mathematics course. </DL> <A NAME="content"> content (2), verb, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to make easy in mind; satisfy; please. Ex. Will it content you if I let you have the candy tomorrow? Nothing contents that grumbling man. (SYN) gratify, appease. <DD>adj. 1. satisfied; pleased; easy in mind; contented. Ex. Will you be content to wait till tomorrow? Be well content as the years wear through (Algernon Charles Swinburne). <DD> 2. willing; ready. Ex. He is content to live and let live. I am not content to accept poor workmanship. <DD> 3. (British.) voting in the affirmative; assenting. <DD>noun 1. contentment; satisfaction; ease of mind. Ex. The cat lay stretched out beside the fire in sleepy content. (SYN) gratification. <DD> 2. (British.) <DD> a. an affirmative vote in the House of Lords. <DD> b. a member that votes affirmatively. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) a source of contentment. expr. content oneself, to be contented. Ex. He contented himself with winning third prize. Most men when they should labour, content themselves to complain (Samuel Johnson). expr. cry content with, to be satisfied with. Ex. It is notable that most of the old hands in turf strategy have cried content with their various horses (London Daily Mail). expr. to one's heart's content. See under heart. </DL> <A NAME="contentaddressable"> content-addressable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or designating a type of computer memory to which access is determined by presenting to it any word contained in the data being sought. Ex. At the heart of this computer is an associative or content-addressable memory (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="contentanalysis"> content analysis,<DL COMPACT><DD> an analysis of the content of a newspaper, book, speech, or other communication, obtained by counting the relative frequencies of certain selected elements, such as semantic categories, ideas, or grammatical forms. Ex. Content analysis has been especially adopted by the sociologist ... It is essentially a device for achieving ... objectivity in the analysis of documentary evidence (Anthony H. 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