What is the difference between abdominal and ab?
abdominal | ab |
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
(ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
(ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.
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(informal) abdominal muscle.
* 2006 , H. Peter Steeves, The Things Themselves (page 75)
* 2010 , Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106
As nouns the difference between abdominal and ab
is that abdominal is {{context|zoology|obsolete|lang=en}} a fish of the order abdominales while ab is {{context|informal|lang=en}} abdominal muscle {{defdate|mid 20th century}}{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =brown, lesley | others = | title = the shorter oxford english dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =oxford university press | location =oxford, uk | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =2| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}} or ab can be {{context|slang|lang=en}} an abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin or ab can be {{context|us|lang=en}} the early stages of; the beginning process; the start.As a adjective abdominal
is of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral {{defdate|mid 18th century}}{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =brown, lesley | others = | title = the shorter oxford english dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =oxford university press | location =oxford, uk | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =3| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}}.abdominal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- abdominal muscles
- abdominal cavity
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to the abdomen) ventralDerived terms
* abdominal ringSynonyms
* (fish) Cypriniformes.References
ab
English
(wikipedia ab)Etymology 1
Abbreviation of (abdominal) (muscles).Noun
(en noun)- The bikinied models in most of the ESPN2 shows have abs . Many of the malnourished bikinied models in the commercials have visible rib cages. How did the two get conflated into a shared vision of beauty?
- When possible, do your ab workout on a day when you're not training a major muscle group.