aerobic
UK/ɛəˈɹəʊ.bɪk//ɛəˈɹoʊ.bɪk/
aerobic adjective: living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.
Adjective
aerobic (not comparable)
- Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.
- The bacteria require an aerobic environment to grow.
- Antonyms:
- anaerobic
- Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs.
- Of or relating to aerobics.
- She does aerobic exercise three times a week.
- He joined an aerobic fitness class at the gym.
aerobic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
aerobic in Hindi
- एरोबिक, एयरोबिक
aerobic in Tamil
- உயிர்வளிவேண்டுகிற, காற்றுள்ள நிலை, காற்றில் வளரும், காற்று உதவும், காற்றுள்ள
aerobic in Marathi
- एरोबिक, ऍरोबिक
aerobic in Bengali
- অ্যারোবিক, এরোবিক
More languagesFewer languages
- aerobic in Telugu
- ఏరోబిక్, ఎరోబిక్
- aerobic in Malayalam
- എയ്റോബിക്, എയറോബിക്
- aerobic in Kannada
- ಗಾಳಿಯುಸಿರಿಯ
- aerobic in Punjabi
- ਐਰੋਬਿਕ, ਏਅਰੋਬਿਕ, ਏਰੋਬਿਕ
- aerobic in Gujarati
- એરોબિક, ઍરોબિક
- aerobic in Odia
- ଏରୋବିକ୍, ଏରୋବିକ
- aerobic in Nepali
- एरोबिक
Examples of aerobic in a sentence
- One spath was used for aerobic (leaves A-C) and anoxic (leaves D-F) wounding experiments.
- The cathode electrodes were only partly submerged in the catholyte to allow for an ‘air-wicking’ aerobic configuration.
- Aerobic metabolism can be measured by direct calorimetry or indirect spirometry.
Antonyms of aerobic
Forms of aerobic
| alternative form | aërobic |
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Origin of aerobic
From French aérobie, coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic.
Words formed from aerobic
Questions about aerobic
- What does aerobic mean?
- Aerobic means living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.
- What is aerobic in Hindi?
- Aerobic in Hindi is एरोबिक, एयरोबिक. See Aerobic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aerobic?
- Aerobic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce aerobic?
- Aerobic is pronounced /ɛəˈɹəʊ.bɪk/ (UK).
Words near aerobic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aerobic (page history and authors); aerobic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aerobic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aerobic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aerobic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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