facial angle

American  

noun

1. Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.

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facial angle British  

noun

1. the angle formed between a line from the base of the nose to the opening of the ear and a line from the base of the nose to the most prominent part of the forehead: often used in comparative anthropology

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Etymology

Origin of facial angle

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The facial angle of the orang, which has been estimated at from 60° to 64°, he finds in the adult animal is only 30°—i. e.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

The facial angle was low and slanting and the coarse lips were hideously twisted in a snarl of death and defiance.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

The criterion in these cases must be the facial angle.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

The investigation of Dr. Gould as to circumference of head and facial angle are exhibited in the following table:     White.

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

Measure now the facial angle of the ant, bee, beaver, penduline, ape, my dog, and of myself, and estimate the result.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander