cephalic index

American  

noun

1. Cephalometry, Craniometry. the ratio of the greatest breadth of the head to its greatest length from front to back, multiplied by 100.

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cephalic index British  

noun

1. the ratio of the greatest width of the human head to its greatest length, multiplied by 100

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Etymology

Origin of cephalic index

First recorded in 1865–70

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cephalic index

Great interest attaches also to the relative proportions of the different dimensions of the head and especially to the cephalic index obtained by multiplying the maximum breadth by 100 and dividing by the maximum length.

From Negritos of Zambales by William Allan Reed

The extremes of cephalic index are 87.64 and 64.89; both are measurements of women about 35 years of age.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks

If we now divide the maximum breadth by the maximum length and multiply the result by 100 we get what is known as the cephalic index of the skull.

From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet

Among the thirty-two men the extremes of cephalic index are 91.48 and 67.48.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks

The data for the women were: stature 1486, arm-reach 1491, nasal index 85.7 to 108.8, average 99.7, cephalic index 78.59.

From The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon by David Prescott Barrows

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