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Definition of Gymnastics
1. Noun. A sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility.
Specialized synonyms: Acrobatics, Tumbling
Examples of category: Gymnastic Exercise, Exerciser, Gymnastic Apparatus, Chin, Chin Up
Generic synonyms: Athletics, Sport
Derivative terms: Gymnastic, Gymnastic
Definition of Gymnastics
1. n. Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.
Definition of Gymnastics
1. Noun. A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness. ¹
2. Noun. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gymnastics
1. gymnastic [n] - See also: gymnastic
Medical Definition of Gymnastics
1. Systematic physical exercise. This includes calisthenics, a system of light gymnastics for promoting strength and grace of carriage. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnastics
Literary usage of Gymnastics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori (1912)
"In the common schools we are accustomed to describe as gymnastics a species of
... The guiding spirit in such gymnastics is coercion, and I feel that such ..."
2. Sportby C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1914)
"Gymnastics for women. — Gymnastics at home and for health, ... School gymnastics ;
Free Hand : a system o[ physical exercises for schools. Photographs, cr. ..."
3. American Journal of Education (1860)
"But who can approve of the method of teaching gymnastics in his institution ?
The same article goes on to say,* " The essence of elementary gymnastics ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The vaulting horse and buck, balance boards, ladders and climbing poles are also
prominent in German gymnastics. Freehand gymnastics (namely, without ..."
5. The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity: An Analysis and Synthesis of by Tobias Matthay (1903)
"Most forms of gymnastics and calisthenics further such healthy condition of the
muscles ; but the best exercises for this purpose are those that alternately ..."
6. Physical Education by Muscular Exercise by Luther Halsey Gulick (1904)
"Characteristics of Hygienic Gymnastics: School Gymnastics. ... Systems of
Gymnastics: German Gymnastics; Swedish Gymnastics; English Physical Exercises; ..."
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