- length-breadth index
- the breadth of the skull expressed as a percentage of its length.
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length-breadth index
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length-breadth index — noun : cranial index … Useful english dictionary
breadth index — noun ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull • Syn: ↑cephalic index, ↑cranial index • Hypernyms: ↑ratio … Useful english dictionary
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Cephalic index — Cephalic Ce*phal ic, a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. ?, fr. kefalh head: cf. F. c[ e]phalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under {Anterior}. [1913 Webster] {Cephalic index} (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cephalic index — noun ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull • Syn: ↑breadth index, ↑cranial index • Hypernyms: ↑ratio … Useful english dictionary
cranial index — noun ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull • Syn: ↑cephalic index, ↑breadth index • Hypernyms: ↑ratio … Useful english dictionary
Cephalic index — is the ratio of the maximum width of the head multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length (i.e., in the horizontal plane, or front to back). The index was widely used by anthropologists in the early twentieth century to categorize human… … Wikipedia
cephalic index — n the ratio multiplied by 100 of the maximum breadth of the head to its maximum length compare CRANIAL INDEX * * * a measure of the shape of a skull, commonly used in craniometry: the ratio of the greatest breadth, multiplied by 100, to the… … Medical dictionary
facial index — noun the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face • Hypernyms: ↑ratio * * * noun : the ratio of the breadth of the face to its length multiplied by 100, the breadth used being usually the bizygomatic and the… … Useful english dictionary
palatal index — n the ratio of the length of the hard palate to its breadth multiplied by 100 called also palatomaxillary index * * * palatine index, palatomaxillary index a numerical expression of the ratio of various proportions of the palate obtained by… … Medical dictionary
