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Fitness may mean:The state of being physically active on a regular basis to maintain good physical condition. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...
Physical fitness A general state of good health, usually as a result of exercise and nutrition
Fitness competition, a form of physique training for women, related to bodybuilding.
In mathematics and computer science, the degree to which a given function is optimized; see optimization (mathematics)
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Fitness (often denoted w in population genetics models) is a central concept in evolutionary theory.
Relative fitness is quantified as the average number of surviving progeny of a particular genotype compared with average number of surviving progeny of competing genotypes after a single generation, i.e.
Because fitness is a coefficient, and that coefficient may be multiplied by several times, biologists may work with "log fitness" (particularly so before the advent of computers).
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