cephalometer

American

[sef-uh-lom-i-ter] / ˌsɛf əˈlɒm ɪ tər /

noun

an instrument for measuring the human head.

cephalometer British

/ ˌsɛfəˈlɒmɪtə /

noun

an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry

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Other Word Forms

cephalometric adjective

Etymology

Origin of cephalometer

First recorded in 1875–80; cephalo- + -meter

Example Sentences

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Rippon begins with an 1895 quote from social psychologist Gustave Le Bon, who used his portable cephalometer to declare that women “represent the most inferior forms of human evolution”.

From Nature

He wore a hat measuring six and seven eighths on the cephalometer used by hatters, which is equivalent to twenty-one inches and a quarter of circumference.

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