Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or practice of exercising the muscles for the purpose of gaining health, strength, or grace of form and movement; a kind of light gymnastics. Also spelled
calisthenics .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
calisthenics .
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- noun light exercises designed to promote general fitness
- noun the practice of calisthenic exercises
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Examples
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To Montaigne it was intellectual callisthenics, the "fruitful and natural exercise of the mind" as opposed to the "languid, feeble motion" of reading.
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A decent callisthenics program should see the levels equalize over the next week or so.
The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007
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They're not the equivalent of creative callisthenics, the sort that might be used in writing classes because they aren't presented as such.
Tight Briefs Jonathan 2005
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They're not the equivalent of creative callisthenics, the sort that might be used in writing classes because they aren't presented as such.
Archive 2005-05-01 Jonathan 2005
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A subforcer rousted us out before dawn, into the near-freezing cold, and put us through callisthenics.
Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992
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Party members cannot escape official opinion or official observation, for every room is equipped with a telescreen that cannot be shut off; it not only broadcasts at all hours, but it also registers precisely with the Thought Police every image and voice; it also controls all the activities that keep the private life public, such as morning callisthenics beside one's bed.
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These prejudices are gradually and silently melting away; and it is cheering to see the better feelings of our nature effectively advancing the art to its legitimate place in education, under the guise of gymnastics and callisthenics.
A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education James Gall
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No master of callisthenics could have set them up better than their mother's receipt for making good blood, combined with a certain harmony of their systems, had done; nor could a schoolmistress have taught them correcter speaking.
Rhoda Fleming — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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No master of callisthenics could have set them up better than their mother's receipt for making good blood, combined with a certain harmony of their systems, had done; nor could a schoolmistress have taught them correcter speaking.
Rhoda Fleming — Complete George Meredith 1868
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No master of callisthenics could have set them up better than their mother's receipt for making good blood, combined with a certain harmony of their systems, had done; nor could a schoolmistress have taught them correcter speaking.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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