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

One bas-relief represents the human head, with the facial angle shown at forty-five degrees.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

It is our cranium, with that upright facial angle and that large brain-pan which was our pride!

From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel

Prognathism, in anthropological language, means that particular projection of the jaw which modifies the facial angle.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules

The importance of this difference of age, with respect to the facial angle, is very great in the simiæ.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Tennyson and the latest murderer apparently owned the same facial angle, if one corrected the droop of the eyebrow, the curve of the nostril, the set of the ear.

From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)