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Definition of Stunting

1. Noun. The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft.

Definition of Stunting

1. Verb. (present participle of stunt) ¹

2. Noun. Medical term: chronic malnutrition ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stunting

1. stunt [v] - See also: stunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stunting

Literary usage of Stunting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Feeding Experiments with Isolated Food-substances by Thomas Burr Osborne, Lafayette Benedict Mendel, Edna Louise Ferry (1911)
"EFFECT OF stunting ON THE GROWTH IMPULSE. Before proceeding to study the influence of dietary variations on (a) maintenance and (6) growth, respectively ..."

2. Aircraft: Its Development in War and Peace and Its Commercial Future by Evan John David (1919)
"... perhaps, when stunting too near the ground, night flying is especially hazardous. With properly lighted landing-fields in peace-times much of the peril ..."

3. Aircraft: Its Development in War and Peace and Its Commercial Future by Evan John David (1919)
"... perhaps, when stunting too near the ground, night flying is especially hazardous. With properly lighted landing-fields in peace-times much of the peril ..."

4. Field Problems of Tropical Rice by K.E. Mueller, International Rice Research Institute (1983)
"Peat (organic) (Photo 153) — Symptoms include stunting, reduced tillering, yellowing or browning of the leaves, and reduced grain formation. ..."

5. Aviation in Canada, 1917-1918: Being a Brief Account of the Work of the by Alan Sullivan (1919)
"stunting and contour chasing were particularly encouraged amongst instructors and others with sufficient air experience, and since the duty of the School ..."

6. The Importance Of Women's Status For Child Nutrition In Developing Countries by Lisa C. Smith (2003)
"... by region (OLS regression) 45 4.7 Effect of women's status on child stunting, wasting, and underweight (logistic regression, summary of results) 49 4.8 ..."

7. The Indian and His Problem by Francis Ellington Leupp (1910)
"... The Educational Almshouse and the Harm It Does— Necessity for a Compulsory School Law—stunting Effect of the Institutional Routine—A Big Boarding-School ..."

8. The Science of Eating: How to Insure Stamina, Endurance, Vigor, Strength and by Alfred Watterson McCann (1919)
"... a week of special nursing, they were placed on an exclusive whole wheat bread diet during their convalescence." § 38—stunting THE GROWTH OF THE YOUNG ..."

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