Associations to the word «Sustained»

Wiktionary

SUSTAINED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of sustain
SUSTAINED, adjective. Held continuously at a certain level.
SUSTAINED, adjective. (music) Held at a certain pitch.
SUSTAINED EMOTION, noun. (advertising) One of four archetypal dramatic structures of commercials characterized by a continuously high level of positive emotions with the brand introduced early as the source of these emotions.
SUSTAINED EMOTION, noun. (advertising) A narrative structure used in commercials known as “producer-type” advertising.
SUSTAINED YIELD, noun. (ecology) The continuing yield of a biological resource by controlled periodic harvesting
SUSTAINED YIELD, noun. The quantity of a resource harvested in this manner
SUSTAINED YIELDS, noun. Plural of sustained yield

Dictionary definition

SUSTAINED, adjective. Maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight".
SUSTAINED, adjective. (of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley