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- adjective Of, relating to, or existing in a state of matter intermediate between liquid and crystal.
- adjective Of or relating to a mesomorph.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
mesomorph . - adjective chemistry, physics Of or pertaining to
phases of matter intermediate between solid and liquid; of or pertaining toliquid crystals .
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- adjective having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
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Examples
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As I said, he was a good-sized guy, rather stocky, with the kind of mesomorphic build that could be described as either muscular or couch potatoesque, depending on what he was wearing and how he was standing.
Fault Line Andrews, Sarah 2002
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This is particularly true of the extreme mesomorphs of above average height who form a kind of mesomorphic royalty.
The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2008
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So would almost every other bodybuilder on stage, and ditto most mesomorphic jocks in any sport that requires muscle.
Jet Li versus Michelle Yeoh...a missed opportunity Steven Barnes 2008
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I wish somebody would explain mesomorphic and ectomorphic to me.
"Wisconsin ranked second for 'extraversion' behind North Dakota and fifth for 'agreeableness,' again, behind No. 1 North Dakota..." Ann Althouse 2008
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Both male and female Type O's reported a higher percentage of the mesomorphic body type when compared to controls.
Documenting Reality Bloodseductress 2010
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The figures in Furukawa's panels often have faces that appear to be on the verge of popping off their bodies, which are universally mesomorphic, of course.
All articles at Blogcritics Bill Sherman 2010
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Both male and female Type O's reported a higher percentage of the mesomorphic body type when compared to controls.
Documenting Reality Bloodseductress 2010
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Women with a mesomorphic body type have a stockier build, and they genetically possess more muscle tissue than other body types.
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Synchronously departmentally, with his real estate richmond virginia for mesomorphic imagism barometer and alkylic mastigophore, is as fanned and tomentose tangerine in quickening, and in emydidae.
Rational Review 2009
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As we saw in the case of the mesomorphic physique, Sheldon's portrait of the mesotonic is more male than female.
The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2008
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