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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation basal metabolic rate

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  • noun Basal metabolic rate.
  • initialism Bio Medical Research

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  • noun the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state

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Examples

  • In BMR is the same story told as in their books, only from Fangs point of view.

    Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009

  • Your BMR is the number of calories you need to support the ongoing, unconscious work of your body your heart beating, breathing, body temperature.

    The Diet Detective’s Count Down Charles Stuart Platkin 2007

  • A recent study by Dolezal and Potteiger (1998) examined the effects of concurrent endurance and resistance exercise on basal metabolic rate (BMR, which is very similar to RMR only using stricter measurement criteria), body composition, aerobic power, and muscular strength in 30 physically active males (20 yr of age).

    Link Farm and Open Thread #10 2006

  • Your BMR is the amount of energy you require to maintain your current weight if you did not perform any physical activity.

    Press Releases Press Guy 2010

  • Your BMR is the amount you need to maintain, so if you need 2100 calories a day, eat 1700, 1500, or whatever.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • The BMR is the number of calories naturally burned by just being alive.

    de.lirio.us 2008

  • The BMR is the number of calories naturally burned by just being alive.

    de.lirio.us 2008

  • BMR said Vodafone is one of its clients but it didn't provide advice to the firm on the Supreme Court case.

    Vodafone Wins India Tax Case Amol Sharma 2012

  • Mukesh Butani , chairman of consulting firm BMR Advisors, said the decision delivered an important critique of India's murky laws in areas such as taxes.

    Vodafone Wins India Tax Case Amol Sharma 2012

  • No surprise that 34% of India's sedimentary oil basins lie unexplored or poorly explored, according to Gokul Chaudhri of BMR Advisors.

    A Greater Game for India's Energy Abheek Bhattacharya 2011

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