Many sulci are the product of a surface fold or junction, such as in the gums, where they fold around the neck of the tooth. The term sulcus is used in invertebrate zoology to describe folds, grooves, and boundaries, especially at the edges of sclerites or between segments. In botany and palynology, the surface morphology of seeds and pollen grains is termed sulcate if one or more sulci form major features.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Gratitude. Gratitude, thankfulness, gratefulness, or appreciation is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.
Seven Principles for Cultivating Gratitude: 1  Gratitude is independent of our objective life circumstances. 2  Gratitude is a function of attention. 3  Entitlement precludes gratitude.  We often take for granted that which we receive on a regular 1  basis. Gratitude can be cultivated through sincere self-reflection. Expressing gratitude, through words and deeds, enhances our experience of gratitude. Our deepest sense of gratitude comes through grace, with the awareness that we have not earned, nor do we deserve all that we've been given.