- somatotype
- noun Date: 1940 body type ; physique
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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somatotype — [sō΄mə tətīp΄] n. body type … English World dictionary
somatotype — /seuh mat euh tuyp , soh meuh teuh /, n. (of humans) physical type; physique. [1935 40; SOMATO + TYPE] * * * ▪ physiology human body shape and physique type. The term somatotype is used in the system of classification of human physical… … Universalium
Somatotype — Le somatotype, du grec soma, est une tentative de relier la personnalité aux formes du corps humain et à sa constitution physique une fois la croissance adolescente terminée. Sommaire 1 Historique 2 En Iridologie 3 Voir aussi … Wikipédia en Français
somatotype — 1. The constitutional or body type of an individual. 2. The particular constitutional or body type associated with a particular personality type. * * * so·ma·to·type sō mət ə .tīp, sō mat ə n a body type or physique esp. in a system of classifi … Medical dictionary
somatotype — somatotipas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Sportininko kūno dydžio ir struktūros išraiška. Somatotipas išreiškiamas 3 matmenimis: endomorfiniu (poodinis riebalų kiekis), mezomorfiniu (raumenų ir griaučių išugdymo lygis),… … Sporto terminų žodynas
Somatotype and Constitutional Psychology — Constitutional psychology is a theory, developed in the 1940s by American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon, associating body types with human temperament types. Sheldon proposed that the human physique be classed according to the relative… … Wikipedia
Somatotype and constitutional psychology — Constitutional psychology is a theory, developed in the 1940s by American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon, associating body types with human temperament types. Sheldon proposed that the human physique be classed according to the relative… … Wikipedia
somatotype — noun a) body build b) a type of physique Syn: constitutional type See Also: physiognomy … Wiktionary
somatotype — noun a category to which people are assigned according to their bodily physique (usually endomorphic, mesomorphic, or ectomorphic). Derivatives somatotyping noun Origin 1940s: coined by W. H. Sheldon in The Varieties of Human Physique … English new terms dictionary
somatotype — so·ma·to·type … English syllables
