What does anaerobic mean?

Definitions for anaerobic
ˌæn əˈroʊ bɪk, ˌæn ɛə-anaer·o·bic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. anaerobic, anaerobioticadjective

    living or active in the absence of free oxygen

    "anaerobic bacteria"

  2. anaerobicadjective

    not aerobic

    "isometric exercises are anaerobic"

Wiktionary

  1. anaerobicadjective

    Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.

  2. anaerobicadjective

    Of, or relating to an anaerobe

  3. Etymology: From anaérobie.

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  1. anaerobic

    Anaerobic refers to a process or activity that occurs or is carried out in the absence of oxygen. This term is often used to describe certain types of exercise, such as weightlifting or sprinting, that primarily use energy produced via anaerobic metabolic processes, or certain types of bacteria or yeast that grow without oxygen.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Anaerobicadjective

    relating to, or like, anaerobies; anaerobiotic

  2. Etymology: [Pref. an-not + arobic.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anaerobic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anaerobic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of anaerobic in a Sentence

  1. Professor House:

    Anaerobic digestion is something we use frequently on earth for treating waste, what was novel about our work was taking the nutrients out of that stream and intentionally putting them into a microbial reactor to grow food.

  2. Herman Suhirman:

    Arsenic is a particular concern for rice because most rice in the world is grown in flooded fields. When you flood the fields, that anaerobic environment seems to encourage the release of arsenic from the ground and the rice plant readily absorbs it.

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