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aerobic, a.|ɛəˈrəʊbɪk|
[f. aerobe + -ic.]
1. Requiring or utilizing free oxygen in the air for metabolic purposes; involving the presence of air, containing air.
1884[see anaerobic a.]. 1900Jrnl. Soc. Arts XLVIII. 387/2 A larger number of bacteria were..facultatively aerobic. 1949H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics I. ii. ii. 76 One incubation may be aerobic and the other anaerobic. 1951J. P. Marbarger Space Medicine 36 The most important energy source of the organisms, the biological oxidation or aerobic respiration, is a process during which the body's nutritive substances..are slowly combusted into water and carbon dioxide by oxygen. 1958Times Rev. Industry Sept. 40/3 Aerobic fermentations. 1968A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 4) x. 220 There are a number of aerobic oxidases which can utilize oxygen directly. 1968Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xlii. 4/1 Aerobic metabolism. 1972McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 379/1 In the surface oxygenated or aerobic soil layer, microbial and chemical conditions are very much like those in drained soil. 1975J. G. Evans Environment Early Man Brit. Isles v. 92 Peaty raw humus... Its formation takes place in an aerobic situation in which bacterial activity is inhibited by the acidic state of the vegetation. 1981D. J. & T. J. Bellamy Bellamy's Backyard Safari 69 The formation of collagen, which is an important component of all muscles, is an aerobic process (that is, it requires oxygen).
2. Of or pertaining to aerobics.
1968K. H. Cooper Aerobics iii. 40 Please note where the aerobic effect began. Not in tensing your muscles..but in walking..about 3½ miles, up and down hills. 1978Guardian Weekly 30 Apr. 20/1 The aerobic capacity, reflecting the efficiency of the lungs, the power of the heart, and the state of the vascular system, is the best single index of overall physical fitness. 1978Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. c1/3 He had to work at 80 percent of his aerobic power (the maximum amount or volume of oxygen he can consume in one minute). 1983Observer (Colour Suppl.) 5 June 42/1 They have introduced obsessiveness into the fun of exercise by insisting that you use stopwatches and keep taking your pulse to ensure that you are getting ‘good’ aerobic exercise and not ‘bad’ anaerobic. 1986Here's Health Apr. 11/3 A good overall regime would combine weight training with an aerobic exercise like running..to improve stamina. |