anthropometric

[ an-thruh-puh-me-trik, -poh- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to anthropometry, the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body:

   Anthropometric data show that economy airline seats are too narrow at shoulder level for American men, and too narrow at seat level for women.

Other Words From

• an·thro·po·met·ri·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropometric¹

anthropo- ( def ) + -metric ( def )

Example Sentences

"The data from these studies indicate that in the future, we may be able to refine how we diagnose GDM by using anthropometric or biochemical information in combination with current diagnostic approaches."

From Science Daily

Since then, the statement continued, “several peer-reviewed publications supported a casual relationship between elevated serum testosterone levels and improved anthropometric/physiological features and athletics performance in young females.”

From New York Times

The so-called anthropometric standards, which dated to a survey of male pilots from 1967, have excluded 44 percent of the current U.S. female population aged 20 to 29 unless they obtain a waiver.

From Washington Post

In The Mismeasure of Man, his classic critique of scientific attempts to categorize and rank humans, biologist Stephen Jay Gould calls Lombroso’s theory “probably the most influential doctrine ever to emerge from the anthropometric tradition.”

From Scientific American

The fieldwork sparked technological advances, but was tainted by racist ‘science’ and practice, from taking anthropometric measurements of Arctic peoples to erasing Nepalese Sherpas’ contributions from papers.

From Nature