Fitness-related terminology
There is no English translation equivalent for this term.
What is "funkcionalne sposobnosti"
This is a Croatian translation for the term power.
What is "snaga"
What is acceleration?
This is the English translation for the Croatian term "motoričko znanje"
What is motor skill?
Sposobnost, forma, prikladnost, uvježbanost, fitnes
What is fitness?
This is a term for muscular force in kinesiology.
What is strength?
Croatian translation for this term is "brzina akcije, brzina startne reakcije"
What is quickness?
In the context of speed and velocity, the words quantity and magnitude are translated into Croatian the same way.
What is veličina?
Croatian translation equivalents of the term physical fitness
What is "tjelesna/fizička pripremljenost"
In physics, this is calculated as the product of force and velocity.
What is power?
The time rate of the change of position of a body in a specified direction.
What is velocity?
This is the gravitational force by which a body is attracted to the Earth.
What is weight?
This type of fitness is associated with low risk of premature development of the hypokinetic diseases.
What is health-related fitness?
This is something muscles are capable of producing quickly, throughout a longer period of time and maximally.
What is force?
Both speed and velocity possess this quality.
What is magnitude?
This type of fitness focuses on making one capable of performing real-life activities in real-life positions, not just in idealized gym conditions.
What is functional fitness?
In Darwinian fitness, this is what an individual can contribute to relative to the average of the population.
What is a gene pool?
What is potere, posse, potis.
This term designates something that can be measured in terms of its magnitude but not its direction.
What is scalar?
These two terms are often used interchangeably. However, one focuses on maximizing time, whereas the other focuses on maximal output.
What is endurance, what is stamina?