facial index

American

noun

Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.

facial index British

noun

the ratio of the length of the face to the width of the face multiplied by 100: often used in comparative anthropology Compare cranial index

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Etymology

Origin of facial index

First recorded in 1885–90

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The finer the nature the plainer is the facial index.

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The Kalabits are chamaeprosopic as regards both the total facial and the upper facial indices, with one exception in both respects.

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All but 1 are chamaeprosopic as regards the total facial index and all but 6 as regards the upper facial.

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Two only are leptoprosopic in their total and upper facial indices.

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All are markedly chamaeprosopic both in total facial and upper facial indices.

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