facial index

American  

noun

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

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facial index British  

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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facial index

The finer the nature the plainer is the facial index.

From Quiet Talks about Jesus by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

FACE: All are chamaeprosopic with regard to the total facial index and all except 3 in the upper facial index.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

They are more brachycephalic than the Punan, their median index being 83.3, but are slightly less chamaeprosopic, 2 being leptoprosopic in regard to the upper facial index.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

All are chamaeprosopic in both respects except 1 Barawan man as regards total facial index and 2 in the upper.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

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

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon