The word fitness is an English word that means «well-being». Its meaning encompasses two notions that are related to the subject of health. On the one hand, fitness is considered to be the state of physical health obtained, not only by leading a healthy life, but also by the continuous practice of exercises. On the other hand, this term indicates certain types of physical activities, which are generally carried out in certain sports venues.
Performing any physical activity allows the person to stay healthy and avoid the emergence of diseases such as hypertension, diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Fitness consists of performing exercises, combining aerobics with anaerobics, in order to reduce body mass a bit, as well as for muscle training.
Nowadays, this term has been very fashionable among those who love a healthy life and the power to exercise to keep their body in shape. The physical activities considered as fitness are varied, some of them are:
Aerobics, which consist of performing choreographies guided by an instructor. This type of exercise allows the increase of cardiorespiratory rhythms coupled with the elimination of toxins.
Pilates. These exercises are very precise and are performed on special machines in order to tone the muscles.
Tai Chi Chuan. It is a combination of light exercises using breathing and meditation. It is practiced to reduce stress a bit, allowing relaxation.
Spinning. This type of exercise is performed on a stationary bicycle, to which the strength and intensity of the exercise can be adjusted. During the execution of the same the muscles of the legs are worked.
If you practice fitness continuously, the results will be seen quickly, the body will have greater resistance and flexibility, accentuating the synchronization of movements. In the same way, you can lose weight and finally the person will notice an improvement in their quality of life, which will benefit physically and psychologically.
Fitness will help to put aside stress, negative thoughts, turning the individual into a positive being. It is important to eat, not eat fat, reduce sugar consumption, etc. rather, the intake of vegetables, fruits and vegetables is recommended.
As a meaning, each of the meanings that a word or expression has as a function of the context in which it appears is called. The word, as such, comes
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: the quality or state of being fit
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: the capacity of an organism to survive and transmit its genotype to reproductive offspring as compared to competing organisms
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: the contribution of an allele or genotype to the gene pool of subsequent generations as compared to that of other alleles or genotypes
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Example Sentences
a gymnastics program promoting fitness and agility in school-aged children
I have to question the fitness of wearing a bright red dress to a funeral.
Recent Examples on the Web
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1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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ФИТНЕС
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ФИ́ТНЕС (англ. to be fit — быть в форме), комплекс спортивных программ оздоровительного характера, основанный на использовании разнообразных упражнений: аэробики (см. АЭРОБИКА), шейпинга (см. ШЕЙПИНГ), танцевальных движений, элементов гимнастики, боевых искусств и психотренинга. Фитнес объединяет в себе не только множество видов физической активности, но и рациональное питание, а также различные виды тестирований, включая медицинское.
Появился в США в 1970-е гг. В России первый фитнес-клуб открылся в Москве в начале 1990-х гг. После распада СССР была образована Федерация бодибилдинга и фитнеса России (FBFR).
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ФИТНЕС — [англ. fitness пригодность, соответствие] амер. здоровый образ жизни; по мнению американцев, признаками ф. являются физическая активность, сбалансированное питание, отказ от курения и спиртных напитков, достаточный сон и т. п. Словарь иностранных … Словарь иностранных слов русского языка
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фитнес — сущ., кол во синонимов: 8 • зарядилово (2) • каллистения (2) • ногосуйство (1) … Словарь синонимов
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фитнес-центр — фитнес центр, фитнес центра … Орфографический словарь-справочник
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Фитнес-комплекс — Фитнес комплекс: комплекс, предлагающий услуги посетителям по гигиеническому уходу (тепловые и водные процедуры) и услуги по поддержанию и укреплению здоровья с применением физических нагрузок… Источник: УСЛУГИ БЫТОВЫЕ. УСЛУГИ БАНЬ И ДУШЕВЫХ.… … Официальная терминология
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фитнес-центр — сущ., кол во синонимов: 1 • центр (105) Словарь синонимов ASIS. В.Н. Тришин. 2013 … Словарь синонимов
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Фитнес-клуб — Фитнес клуб место, сочетающее в себе спортивный зал, бассейн, кардио зону, залы аэробики, танцевальные … Википедия
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фитнес-центр — м.; = фитнесс центр Фитнес клуб с несколькими фитнес залами, с массажным кабинетом, солярием и другими помещениями для занятий спортом. Толковый словарь Ефремовой. Т. Ф. Ефремова. 2000 … Современный толковый словарь русского языка Ефремовой
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фитнес — м.; = фитнесс Система упражнений, способствующих оздоровлению организма, достижению хорошей спортивной формы, стройности, включающая аэробику, занятия на различчных тренажерах и т.п. Толковый словарь Ефремовой. Т. Ф. Ефремова. 2000 … Современный толковый словарь русского языка Ефремовой
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фитнес — ф итнес, а … Русский орфографический словарь
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So I’ve broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FITNESS
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FITNESS
Fitness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES FITNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Fitness
Fitness may refer to: ▪ Physical fitness, a general state of good health, usually as a result of exercise and nutrition ▪ Fitness, an individual’s ability to propagate its genes ▪ Fitness, a women’s magazine, focusing on health and exercise ▪ Fitness and figure competition, a form of physique training, related to bodybuilding ▪ Fitness approximation, a method of function optimization evolutionary computation or artificial evolution methodologies ▪ Fitness function, a particular type of objective function in mathematics and computer science…
Definition of fitness in the English dictionary
The first definition of fitness in the dictionary is the state of being fit. Other definition of fitness is the degree of adaptation of an organism to its environment, determined by its genetic constitution. Fitness is also the ability of an organism to produce viable offspring capable of surviving to the next generation.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FITNESS
Synonyms and antonyms of fitness in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «FITNESS»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fitness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «fitness» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF FITNESS
Find out the translation of fitness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fitness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fitness» in English.
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健身
1,325 millions of speakers
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gimnasio
570 millions of speakers
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fitness
510 millions of speakers
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फिटनेस
380 millions of speakers
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اللياقة البدنية
280 millions of speakers
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фитнес
278 millions of speakers
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aptidão
270 millions of speakers
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জুত
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
forme
220 millions of speakers
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Kecergasan
190 millions of speakers
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Fitness
180 millions of speakers
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フィットネス
130 millions of speakers
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피트니스
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Fitness
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
thể dục
80 millions of speakers
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உடற்பயிற்சி
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
फिटनेस
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
uygunluk
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
fitness
65 millions of speakers
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siłownia
50 millions of speakers
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фітнес
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
Fitness
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
fitness
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
fiksheid
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
fitness
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
fitness
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of fitness
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FITNESS»
The term «fitness» is very widely used and occupies the 1.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FITNESS» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fitness
10 QUOTES WITH «FITNESS»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word fitness.
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.
I’m freakishly competitive, so I set a date to achieve a certain weight or fitness.
Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.
I might do a fitness video. Actually, more of a fatness video.
I decided to write ‘True Refuge’ during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.
I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.
It’s not about weight, it’s about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.
I’m not a waif-y girl and never will be. I think it’s healthy when fitness experts encourage fitness rather than getting a certain body shape.
So I’ve broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.
We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FITNESS»
Discover the use of fitness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fitness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Richly illustrated and easy to follow, it is the one book you need for the tools, and the motivation, to put your personal fitness program on track.
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Solitary Fitness: You Don’t Need a Fancy Gym Or Expensive …
All of this without fancy gym equipment,steroids, steaks, pills or powders. Hey . . . don’t forget the ladies! Not just for the men, this is ideal for anyone of an adult age. Did Samson do drugs, did Hercules need fancy trainers . . .
Charles Bronson, Stephen Richards, 2007
The text covers the principles and techniques of aerobic dance exercise, step training, and fitness walking, with a new focus on strength training.
Karen Mazzeo, Lauren Mangili, 2012
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Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Lower Limb Loss
Discusses the importance of physical conditioning and the ways in which persons with an amputation can achieve fitness by adapting their prosthesis to the exercise regime &/or following a conditioning program without it.
Ernest M. Burgess, Albert Rappoport, 1993
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NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training
Developed by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), this book is designed to help people prepare for the NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) Certification exam or learn the basic principles of personal training using NASM’s …
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Fitness: Fast Track to a Better Body
With a You Can Do It attitude, Fitness magazine shares workouts, health and beauty advice, diet plans, and success stories to motivate readers to achieve balance in all aspects of their lives.
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Fitness for Life: Middle School
A textbook for middle school students, as well as a reference for PE teachers.
Charles B. Corbin, Guy C. Le Masurier, Dolly Lambdin, 2007
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Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training
The core of the book presents 88 exercises involving gym machines, free weights and body weight/stretching, grouped by body region (chest, legs and hips, back and shoulders, arms and abdominals).
Fitness Running features six essential workouts that form the core elements in fitness programs for base building, recovery, and maintenance and in race programs for the mile through the marathon.
In addition, FITNESS AND WELLNESS is part of an integrated textbook program that extends beyond the text to online resources within WebTutor or CengageNOW that further students’ understanding through personalized learning plans, provide …
Wener Hoeger, Sharon Hoeger, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FITNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fitness is used in the context of the following news items.
Like gym memberships, enthusiasm for fitness trackers drops
Deepak Jayasimha’s fitness tracker is now with his father-in-law in India, where it sits unused. Annabel Kelly foisted hers off on the kids. Virginia … «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
Fitness Friday: 20 Sculpting, Toning & Fat Burning Workout Classes …
Ready to take the plunge into getting fit, or switch up your usual workout routine? We found the best fitness classes that will burn fat and give … «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
Upgrading Apple fitness apps: What’s missing and what are the …
Apple’s fitness apps are surprisingly limited given that is a core selling point of Apple Watch. Even basic features like mapping runs and … «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»
Get It Right, Keep It Tight: 3 Fitness Products to Pack on Your Next Trip
You can pick one up on the cheap from any health and fitness or sports store (including your local Target or Walmart). Not sure where to start? «Glamour, Jul 15»
P90X Live workout at Chino’s Fitness 19 a blast of movement
Our class at Fitness 19 in Chino was led by Ann Alperin of Eastvale, a P90X true believer who became a certified Insanity and P90X Live trainer … «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
Microsoft killing Photosynth and MSN apps, including Health …
But it’s MSN Health & Fitness that seems to be the most valuable to users and Microsoft alike, and it’s unclear what killing it will mean. Microsoft … «PCWorld, Jul 15»
Jozy Altidore Still Working Toward Full Fitness After Win Over Haiti
“He’s still in the process of getting his fitness and becoming 100 percent Jozy Altidore,” U.S. manager Jurgen Klinsmann said. “Coming back … «NESN.com, Jul 15»
Thousands of Red Dress Runners Celebrate Women’s Fitness
For the 18th year, the Hartford Marathon Foundation hosted one of its most popular races. The Red Dress Run/Walk for Women attracted more … «NBC Connecticut, Jul 15»
St. Helena Fitness: ‘A gym of our own’
The new Precor cardio machines at St. Helena Fitness are «the Nikes of cardio equipment,» according to owner Michael Gastelum, far right. «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
Working 4 You: Determing your Fitness Age
They say it’s not how old you are, but how old you feel, and now scientists say they’ve found a way to calculate your fitness age and it could be … «KXLY Spokane, Jul 15»
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0 A measure of the health of a species in terms of physiology and future reproductive success.
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0 FitnessThe genetic contribution of an individual to succeeding generations relative to the contributions of other individuals in the population.
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0 Fitness1570s, «state or quality of being suitable,» from fit (adj.) + -ness. Meaning «state of being physically fit» is from 1935.
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0 FitnessThe ability of a prospective adoptive parent to provide for the best interests of a child the parent wishes to adopt. A court may consider many aspects of the prospective parents’ lives in evalua [..]
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0 FitnessThe relative ability of an individual to survive and produce offspring.
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0 Fitnessthe quality of being suitable; &quot;they had to prove their fitness for the position&quot; good physical condition; being in shape or in condition seaworthiness: fitness to traverse t [..]
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0 FitnessThe success of an entity in reproducing; hence, the average contribution of an allele or genotype to the next generation or to succeeding generations. © 2005 by Sinauer Associates, Inc. All [..]
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0 FitnessDegree of adjustment and suitability for a particular environment. Genetic fitness is relative contribution of one genetically distinct organism to the next generation; organisms with high genetic fitness are naturally selected and become prevalent in a population. fixed action pattern (FAP)
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0 Fitness1. The set of attributes a person has that enables them to carry out daily tasks and perform physical work. 2. Biology. The ability of an organism to produce offspring.
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0 Fitnesstoygikeyt
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0 FitnessThe success of an individual (or allele
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0 Fitness(Darwinian fitness) The true measure of evolutionary change of an organism. Darwinian fitness refers to the numerical advantage of having offspring. The individual with the most offspring has the higher fitness. The reasons can be chance or natural selection and are not important to measure fitness. It is often equated with survival of the fittest, [..]
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0 FitnessEasiest to encapsulate in its population genetics sense as the relative rate of increase of a
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0 FitnessThe number of offspring left by an individual after one generation. The fitness
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0 FitnessThe average fitness
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0 FitnessThe fitness
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0 FitnessThe success of an individual (or allele or genotype in a population) in surviving and reproducing, measured by that individual’s (or allele’s or genotype’s) genetic contribution to the [..]
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0 FitnessIn evolutionary biology, fitness is the relative success in reproduction, or occasionally survival, among members of a group of organisms. In evolutionary computation (or genetic algorithms), fitnes [..]
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0 Fitness(n) the quality of being suitable(n) good physical condition; being in shape or in condition(n) fitness to traverse the seas(n) the quality of being qualified
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0 Fitnessopportunitas, oportunitas
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0 FitnessThe relative likelihood that an organism will survive and pass on its Genes to the next Generation in comparison to organisms with a different Gene or Genotype. It is a mathematically calculable ratio [..]
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0 FitnessThe capability of an organism to survive and reproduce. The phenotypic expression of the Genotype in a particular Environment determines how genetically fit an organism will be.
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0 FitnessThe ability to carry out daily tasks and perform Physical Activities in a highly functional state, often as a result of physical Conditioning.
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0 FitnessGenetic Fitness measured as Growth rate or reproductive success which is characterized by parameters such as egg production capacity, Fertility, and number of offspring that pass on their Genes.
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0 FitnessThe fitness of a genotype measures its relative ability to reproduce itself, compared to other genotypes. Fitness shows to what extent a genotype is favored by natural selection. Fitness values are be [..]
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0 FitnessA measure of fertility and survivorship reflecting genetic variation. See also Darwinian fitness.
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0 Fitnessthe ability of an organism to survive and reproduce.
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0 Fitnessin biology, a term that refers to the ability of an organism to reproduce and generate offspring that can also reproduce, thus passing on its genes to future generations
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0 FitnessOriginally, fitness was defined as the ability to be fully prepared for the specific tasks you had to perform. Therefore the fitness needed for a baseball player would be different than the fitness n [..]
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0 FitnessSYN:adaptive value, relative Darwinian fitness The relative reproductive success of a genotype as measured by survival; fecundity or other life history parameters. See Darwinian fitness and natural se [..]
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0 FitnessThe relative ability of organisms of a particular genotype to survive and produce offspring, or the contribution of one of a pair of alleles to the general vigour of an organism.
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0 FitnessIn classical genetics, the ability of an individual or population to both survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
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0 FitnessThe ability of a population to survive, reproduce, and adapt genetically to a changing environment for at least a modest number (usually fewer than 50) generations. (See gene pool and heterozygosity.)
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0 FitnessThe ability of a population (usually a whole species or ecotype) to survive, reproduce, and adapt genetically to a changing environment for many (usually more than 50) generations. (See gene pool and heterozygosity.)
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0 FitnessThe success of an entity in reproducing; hence, the average contribution of an allele or genotype to the next generation or to succeeding generations. See also relative fitness.
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0 FitnessExtent to which an individual contributes its genes to future generations in relation to the contribution of other genotypes in the same population at the same time.
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0 Fitnessa measurement of the ability of a species to respond to the pressures of natural selection; the ability of individuals to survive to propagate their genes
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0 FitnessThe condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique. *en|beauty,en|strength,en|flab,en|weakness
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0 FitnessThe proportional contribution of an individual to the progeny of its population.
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