cephalic index

noun

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

cephalic index

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cephalic index¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

During the Bronze Age the cephalic index rises all over middle and western Europe.

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It depends entirely—to use the pedantic jargon of the anthropologist—on the “cephalic index” of the race.

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Tarde suggests that the study of the cephalic index will throw light upon the problem—no satisfactory solution, I think!

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Skull capacity and cephalic index are not so much indications of race as of intellect.

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The average cephalic index of eight skulls removed from the mounds was found to be 110.

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