anthropometric
adjective
of or relating to anthropometry, the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
anthropometrical
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a variation of
anthropometric.
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a word derived from
anthropometry.
anthropometrynounthe measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
Example Sentences
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The new method materially adds to the efficacy of the anthropometrical system of identification, with which the name of Bertillon, the inventor of the "thumb-prints" method, is inseparably connected.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various
Nowadays, he has declared, girls are no longer pretty—they are beautiful; and as Mr. Galton, the anthropometrical expert, himself admits, they, even more than the rest of mankind, have certainly grown taller.
From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann
While the barter was going on, the author of this narrative 617occupied himself with making some anthropometrical measurements, and at the same time noting down a few cursory remarks respecting these interesting people.
Three days later the anthropometrical department of the Prefecture returned the proofs exhibited to them, saying that they were not in the records.
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France
