See Also: pleasant(1)(dictionary)
pleasant(2)(dictionary)
pleasant(dictionary)
Pleasant Valley Hospital(health)
MT PLEASANT AREA SCHOOL EMP Credit Union(finance)
MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH Credit Union(finance)

conductometer (iou) and pleasant(1) (iou)


conductometer (iou)



conductometer noun. L19.
[from CONDUCTIVITY + -OMETER.]
An instrument for measuring electrical conductivity.
conducto'metric adjective (Chemistry) of, pertaining to, or involving the measurement of electrical conductivity, esp. as the means of determining the end-point in titration E20.
conductometry noun E20.

pleasant(1) (iou)



pleasant adjective & adverb. ME.
[Old & mod. French plaisant pres. pple of plaisir (mod. plaire) PLEASE: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Having the quality of giving pleasure; agreeable to the mind, feelings, or senses. ME.
H. James The pleasantest incident of her life..was coming to an end. E. M. Forster The vine and the wych-elm had no pleasant connexions for her.
Esp. of a person: having pleasing manners, bearing, or appearance; agreeable, cheerful, good-humoured. Freq. in comb., as pleasant-looking, pleasant-faced, etc. LME.
L. P. Hartley He had a pleasant musical voice. J. Diski He had been pleasant enough, listening politely.
a. Humorous, jocular; merry, gay. obsolete exc. Scot. M16.
make pleasant be festive, make merry.
b. Boisterous or excited from drinking alcohol; tipsy. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Amusing, ridiculous. L16-M18.
b. adverb. Pleasantly. Now non-standard. M16.
M. R. Walker [My husband] scarce spoke pleasant all day.
pleasantly adverb LME.
pleasantness noun LME.