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• gymnastics — is a growth area for Chinese sporting success, particularly in men’s events. China’s version of the ‘dream team’ is the Chinese men’s gymnastics squad that won the team gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, after taking silver in the two prior Summer …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• gymnastics — gym*nas tics (j[i^]m*n[a^]s t[i^]ks), n. 1. Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises. [1913 Webster] 2. Disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character. [1913 Webster] 3. [fig.] Feats demonstrating a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gymnastics — ► PLURAL NOUN (also treated as sing. ) 1) exercises involving physical agility, flexibility, and coordination, especially tumbling and acrobatic feats. 2) physical or mental agility or skill: vocal gymnastics. DERIVATIVES gymnastic adjective …   English terms dictionary

• gymnastics — 1650s, from GYMNASTIC (Cf. gymnastic); also see ICS (Cf. ics) …   Etymology dictionary

• gymnastics — [n] acrobatic exercise aerobatics, balance beam, bars, body building, calisthenics, floor exercise, free exercise, gym, horse, rings, trampoline, trapeze, tumbling, vaulting, workout; concept 363 …   New thesaurus

• gymnastics — [jim′nastiks] n. [< GYMNASTIC] a sport combining tumbling and acrobatic feats, usually done with apparatus such as the parallel bars, the balance beam, etc …   English World dictionary