HyperDic: metabolic_rate

English > 1 sense of the expression metabolic rate:
NOUNtimemetabolic raterate of metabolism
English > metabolic rate: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningRate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period.
Narrowerbasal metabolic rate, BMRThe rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state
BroaderrateA magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

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