bodyweight

bodyweight

See also: body weight

English

Alternative forms

• body weight

Etymology

body +‎ weight

Noun

bodyweight (countable and uncountable, plural bodyweights)

1. The weight or mass of an organism.
   • 2008 November 12, Sonja B. Hofer, et el., “Experience leaves a lasting structural trace in cortical circuits”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07487:

     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).

Translations

weight of an organism

Chinese: Mandarin: 體重／体重 (zh) (tǐzhòng) Finnish: ruumiinpaino (fi), elopaino (fi) French: poids du corps m

Adjective

bodyweight (not comparable)

1. Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.

   Without access to a gym, Steve focused on bodyweight work.

   As a warmup, Jennifer did ten bodyweight squats.

Translations

employing only a person's own weight

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ruumiinpainolla (as adverb), ruumiinpaino- French: au poids du corps