anthropometry

[ an-thruh-pom-i-tree ]

/ ˌæn θrəˈpɒm ɪ tri /

noun

the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.

Nearby words

anthropologist, anthropology, anthropometer, anthropometric, anthropometrics, anthropometry, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphite, anthropomorphize, anthropomorphosis

Origin of anthropometry

First recorded in 1830–40; anthropo- + -metry

Related formsan·thro·po·met·ric

[an-thruh-puh-me-trik, -poh-] /ˌæn θrə pəˈmɛ trɪk, -poʊ-/, an·thro·po·met·ri·cal, adjectivean·thro·po·met·ri·cal·ly, adverban·thro·pom·e·trist, noun

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Examples from the Web for anthropometry

I read Anthropometry of Algerian Women and Optimum Handle Height for a Push-Pull Type Manually Operated Dryland Weeder.
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We shall catch our criminals by anthropometry ere ever a criminal thought has entered their brains.
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I am going to headquarters to ask them to send experts in anthropometry.
The Exploits of Juve|Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain
Considerable importance in anthropometry is attached to the study of the nose.
Negritos of Zambales|William Allan Reed

These full and clear remarks seem even more applicable to the method of finger prints than to that of anthropometry.
Finger Prints|Francis Galton
There was a photographic apparatus at the Morgue as at the Prfecture, used for anthropometry.
The Crime of the Boulevard|Jules Claretie

British Dictionary definitions for anthropometry

anthropometry

/ (ˌænθrəˈpɒmɪtrɪ) /

noun

the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body

Derived Formsanthropometric (ˌænθrəpəˈmɛtrɪk) or anthropometrical, adjectiveanthropometrically, adverbanthropometrist, noun

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Word Origin and History for anthropometry

anthropometry

1839, "acquaintance with the dimensions of the parts of the human body," from anthropo- + -metry. Perhaps modeled on French anthropometrie.

Medicine definitions for anthropometry

anthropometry

[ ăn′thrə-pŏm′ĭ-trē ]

n.

The branch of anthropology concerned with comparative measurements of the human body and its parts.

Related formsan′thro•po•met′ric (-pə-mĕt′rĭk) null adj.an′thro•po•met′ri•cal•ly adv.

Science definitions for anthropometry

anthropometry

[ ăn′thrə-pŏm′ĭ-trē ]

The study of human body measurement for use in anthropological classification and comparison. The use of such data as skull dimensions and body proportions in the attempt to classify human beings into racial, ethnic, and national groups has been largely discredited, but anthropometric techniques are still used in physical anthropology and paleoanthropology, especially to study evolutionary change in fossil hominid remains.