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Callanetics

Cal la net ics |kaləˈnetiks ˌkæləˈnɛtɪks | plural noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] trademark a system of physical exercises based on small repeated movements. ORIGIN late 20th cent.: named after Callan Pinckney (born 1939 ), American deviser of the system, perhaps on the pattern of athletics .

 

Oxford Dictionary

Callanetics

Callanetics |ˌkaləˈnɛtɪks | plural noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] trademark a system of physical exercises based on small repeated movements. ORIGIN 1980s: named after Callan Pinckney (born 1939 ), American deviser of the system, perhaps on the pattern of athletics .

 

Duden Dictionary

Callanetics

Cal la ne tics Pluralwort , die ® Callanetic |kɛləˈnɛ …|das Callanetics; Genitiv: des Callanetics < meist ohne Artikel > nach dem Namen der Erfinderin, der Amerikanerin Callan Pinckney (geboren 1939 )Fitnesstraining, das besonders auf die tieferen Schichten der Skelettmuskeln wirkt