Noun

Singular content

Plural countable and uncountable; plural contents

content (countable and uncountable; plural contents)

1. (uncountable) That which is contained.
2. Subject matter; substance.
3. The amount of material contained.
4. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon).
5. See contents.

Content or contents may refer to:

• Content (algebra), the highest common factor of a polynomial's coefficients
• Content (measure theory), an additive real function defined on a field of sets
• Content (media and publishing), published information
• Content format, an encoded format for data display
• Free content, published material that can be copied without significant legal restriction
• Open content, published material licensed to authorize copying and modification by anyone
• Table of contents, a list of chapters or sections in a document
• Web content, information published on the World Wide Web

Content is the name of:

• Content (Centreville, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
• Content (Upper Marlboro, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
• HMS Content, ships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Content (SP-538), a United States Navy vessel

Content

Sourced

• The idea of content is today mainly a hindrance, a nuisance, a subtle or not so subtle philistinism. . . it is the habit of approaching works of art in order to interpret them that sustains the fancy that there really is such a thing as the content of a work of art.
  • Susan Sontag (2002). "Against interpretation".

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