Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word MESOMORPHIC

Definitions of MESOMORPHIC

1. Of or pertaining to a mesomorph.
2. (chemistry, physics) Of or pertaining to phases of matter intermediate between solid and liquid; of or pertaining to liquid crystals.

Examples of Using MESOMORPHIC in a Sentence

• In psychology, he developed a new version of somatotypology by classifying people into endomorphic, mesomorphic, and ectomorphic types, based on many photographs and measurements of nude figures at Ivy League schools.
• Somatotype is a theory proposed in the 1940s by the American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon to categorize the human physique according to the relative contribution of three fundamental elements which he termed somatotypes, classified by him as ectomorphic, mesomorphic, and endomorphic.
• Weightlifting purely to develop physical strength can lead to the development of a very different body type than weightlifting for bodybuilding, with powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters tending to have endo-mesomorphic bodies, and bodybuilders tending to be more mesomorphic.
• also found that participants associated the ectomorphic body type (more linear) with creepiness, more than the other two body types (51% vs mesomorphic, 24% and endomorphic, 23%).
• The values collected must therefore be interpreted according to age, body proportions (brachymorphic, mesomorphic or dolichomorphic), state of maintenance and estimated replenishment of the digestive tract.

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