Bodyweight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bodyweight is a noun meaning The weight or mass of an organism.
Meaning
The weight or mass of an organism.
More Meanings
- Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
Example Sentences
As a warmup, Jennifer did ten bodyweight squats.
Without access to a gym, Steve focused on bodyweight work.
C57BL/6 mice (postnatal day 45–100) expressing enhanced GFP under the Thy-1 promoter in a small subset of cortical neurons (line GFP-M 18 ) were anaesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (0.14 mg per gram of bodyweight) and xylazine (0.01 mg per gram of bodyweight).
Word Forms
- bodyweights
- body weight
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include biomass, phytomass, bioorganism, function, body, bodylength.
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