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cephalometer
[ sef-uh-lom-i-ter ]
noun
- an instrument for measuring the human head.
cephalometer
/ ˌsɛfəˈlɒmɪtə /
noun
- an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
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Other Words From
- ceph·a·lo·met·ric [sef-, uh, -loh-, me, -trik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cephalometer1
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Example Sentences
Rippon begins with an 1895 quote from social psychologist Gustave Le Bon, who used his portable cephalometer to declare that women “represent the most inferior forms of human evolution”.
From Nature
He wore a hat measuring six and seven eighths on the cephalometer used by hatters, which is equivalent to twenty-one inches and a quarter of circumference.
From Project Gutenberg
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