fitness

forme physique, condition physique

État de santé et de force permettant de faire facilement des activités physiques.

En anglais simple : The condition of being healthy and strong enough to do physical activities easily.

• Walking improves your fitness.
• His fitness has improved since he started swimming.
• The job requires a high level of physical fitness.

Expressions courantes : physical fitness, improve fitness, fitness training

valeur sélective

Capacité d’un être vivant à survivre et à avoir des descendants dans son milieu.

En anglais simple : How well a living thing can survive and produce young in its surroundings.

• The mutation increased the animal’s fitness.
• Scientists compared the fitness of the two populations.
• Extra offspring can indicate greater fitness.

Expressions courantes : evolutionary fitness, relative fitness, fitness of something