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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
isometrics
    n 1: muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding
         exercises) involving muscular contractions against
         resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the
         length of the muscle does not change) [syn: isometrics,
         isometric exercise]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [PJC]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
isometrics \i`so*met"rics\, n.
   Same as isometric exercise.
   [PJC]
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