Gymnastics

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Physical exercises designed to develop and display strength, balance, and agility, especially those performed on or with specialized apparatus.
  • noun. The art or practice of such exercises.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises.
  • noun. Feats of physical agility.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The art of performing athletic exercises; also, athletic exercises; feats of skill or address, mental or bodily.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises.
  • noun. Disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.
  • noun. Feats demonstrating a quick mental agility.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
  • noun. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
  • Word Usage
    "_movement_, the _gymnastics_ of children, is necessary, because, as is well known, muscles which are not exercised become incapable of performing the variety of movements of which the muscular system is capable, so an analogous system of gymnastics is necessary to maintain the activity of the psychical life."
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    athletics  sport  
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