Crossword clues for isometrics
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
isometric exercise \i`so*met"ric ex"er*cise\, n. A system of exercise to strengthen specific muscles of the body by pushing parts of the body (such as the two hands) strongly against each other, or against a fixed object, so that the muscles are strongly stressed, but are stretched only a little. It is claimed to produce strength in the muscles thus exercised. Also called isometrics.
isometrics \i`so*met"rics\, n. Same as isometric exercise.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1962, American English, from isometric; also see -ics.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of isometric English)
WordNet
n. muscle-building exercises (or a system of muscle-building exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change) [syn: isometric exercise]
Usage examples of "isometrics".
Moody Kimbrough, our right tackle and captain on offense, stopped me as I was going through the isometrics area.
He kept to himself, using his assistants to temper and bend us, coming down from the tower only to correct a correction, living alone in a small room off the isometrics areaa landlocked Ahab who paced and raged, who was unfolding his life toward a single moment.
We went downstairs and he simply nodded toward the closed door at the end of the isometrics room.
He woke up refreshed several hours later, ate lightly, did isometrics "to get rid of some breakfast," and then settled down to browsing through the tech nical journals he'd had her collect from Regulus Cen tral Information.
He did isometrics then, muscle pulling on muscle against the strong flexible bones of his body.
He was introduced in swift succession to isometrics designed to strengthen each important muscle in his body.
He flexed his hands, swung his arms, and performed the isometrics he'd been taught as a child.
He flexed his muscles in some stationary isometrics, figuring he'd turn the experience into a workout.
He woke up refreshed several hours later, ate lightly, did isometrics "to get rid of some breakfast," and then settled down to browsing through the technical journals he'd had her collect from Regulus Cen-tral Information.
She was going to return to Verite, break the travel-trance, dine properly rather than via life-support, play tennis, perhaps, rather than electronstim isometrics, visit her family, then return after a few days and be more sociable.