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–noun

2.	capability of the body of distributing inhaled oxygen to muscle tissue during increased physical effort.

Also called Darwinian fitness. Biology.

a.	the genetic contribution of an individual to the next generation's gene pool relative to the average for the population, usually measured by the number of offspring or close kin that survive to reproductive age.

b.	the ability of a population to maintain or increase its numbers in succeeding generations.

[Origin: 1570–80; fit¹ + -ness

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fit·ness Audio Help (fĭt'nĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.

The state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriateness.
Good health or physical condition, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition.
Biology The extent to which an organism is adapted to or able to produce offspring in a particular environment.

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fitness
noun
1.	the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" [ant: unfitness]
2.	good physical condition; being in shape or in condition [ant: softness]
3.	fitness to traverse the seas [syn: seaworthiness]
4.	the quality of being qualified

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fitness noun

Example: Physical fitness is essential for this kind of job.

Arabic:	لَياقَه بَدَنِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	适当
Chinese (Traditional):	適當
Czech:	tělesná zdatnost
Danish:	god form; kondition
Estonian:	hea vorm, hea tervis
French:	forme
Greek:	καλή κατάσταση
Hungarian:	jó kondíció, állóképesség
Indonesian:	kebugaran
Italian:	forma
Korean:	건강

Latvian:	piemērotība; (fiziska) sagatavotība
Lithuanian:	sveikata, fizinë bûklë
Norwegian:	skikkethet, egnethet; kondisjon, (god fysisk) form
Polish:	sprawność fizyczna
Portuguese (Brazil):	boa forma
Russian:	соответствие
Slovak:	spôsobilosť, telesná kondícia
Slovenian:	telesna pripravljenost
Spanish:	buena forma
Swedish:	god kondition (fysik)
Turkish:	zindelik, formda olma