facial angle

American  

noun

1. Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.

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facial angle British  

noun

1. the angle formed between a line from the base of the nose to the opening of the ear and a line from the base of the nose to the most prominent part of the forehead: often used in comparative anthropology

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Etymology

Origin of facial angle

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

It may be said that there is some organic correlation between increased size of brain and decreased size of jaw: Camper's doctrine of the facial angle being referred to in proof.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert

Whence result certain factors which modify the conclusion to be drawn from the facial angle.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

What information, then, do we derive from Camper’s facial angle?

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander

Tennyson and the latest murderer apparently owned the same facial angle, if one corrected the droop of the eyebrow, the curve of the nostril, the set of the ear.

From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

And the law of selection enlarged his facial angle, and culture put arms in his hands.

From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel