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)

The facial angle is from 73° to 85°.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

But they had the same facial angle; they were of about the same age, thirty-five; each was tall, square-shouldered, and erect, and each had the same curious gait that betokens long experience in the saddle.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan

I judged it to be a dim idea of the facial angle.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

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