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

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 Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

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 Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

The finer the nature the plainer is the facial index.

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

All are chamaeprosopic as regards the total facial index, and all except 1 Madang and 2 Long Dallo men as regards the upper facial index.

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

All are chamaeprosopic except 1 of each sex in regard to the upper facial index.

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