Contains and Contained by in reference

Following up on the discussion in the meeting today about the contains
and contained by sections in the language reference, I spent some time
looking at some of those sections.

That left me confused. Can someone explain how these tables work, or
point to an explanation?

Thanks in advance,
Richard Hamilton
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