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

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Example Sentences

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facial angle

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

From Vagaries by Axel Munthe

The facial angle is from 73° to 85°.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by John West

Cuvier estimates the facial angle of the new-born infant at ninety degrees; that of the adult, at eighty-five; that of decrepit old age, at fifty.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker

There is little or no brow prominence and one at least of the skulls is as orthognathous in facial angle as that of a European.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

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 T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

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