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

The average cephalic index is about 78 to 79, extremes ranging from 74 to 84.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

They could only estimate the capacity of the brain-pan, argue about the cephalic index, and guess at the frontal angle: it was a terrible blow to science.

From The Terror from the Depths by Wright, Sewell Peaslee

Investigations have shown that facial angle and capacity of cranium and cephalic index afford no certain criterion of thought power or susceptibility to culture.

From A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1 by Miller, Kelly

Let the event be the cephalic index of an Englishman.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

The average cephalic index is 80 ranging from 74.7 to 86.8.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court