nasal index
Americannoun
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Craniometry. (of the skull) the ratio of the distance from nasion to the lower margin of the nasal aperture to that of the maximum breadth of the nasal aperture.
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Cephalometry. (of the head) the ratio of the maximum breadth of the external nose to its height from the nasal root to where the septum is confluent with the upper lip.
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Etymology
Origin of nasal index
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The nasal index varies from 84 to 140—a truly astonishing series of noses!
From The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon by Barrows, David Prescott
Of the 76 Aeta I measured, 25 were ultraplatyrhinian—that is, had a nasal index greater than 109.
From Negritos of Zambales by Reed, William Allan
Of the total, five are leptorhine—that is, have the “narrow” nose with nasal index below 70.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
Only, the nasal index is somewhat smaller; on the whole, the nose has in its separate parts a decidedly pithecoid form.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
The greatest nasal index among the males was 130.7.
From Negritos of Zambales by Reed, William Allan
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