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

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

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

From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel

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)

The facial angle of the orang, which has been estimated at from 60° to 64°, he finds in the adult animal is only 30°—i. e.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

And the law of selection enlarged his facial angle, and culture put arms in his hands.

From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel