cephalic index

noun

1. Cephalometry, Craniometry. the ratio of the greatest breadth of the head to its greatest length from front to back, multiplied by 100.

cephalic index

noun

1. the ratio of the greatest width of the human head to its greatest length, multiplied by 100

Word History and Origins

Origin of cephalic index¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The cephalic index is about 78, with high colouring, dark hair and eyes, and stature rather below the average.

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Physically the Finno-Ugric races are as a rule solidly built and, though there is considerable variation in height and the cephalic index, are mostly of small or medium stature, somewhat squat, and brachy- or mesocephalic.

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Schweinfurth declares their heads to be nearly round, no other African race, to his knowledge, possessing a higher cephalic index.

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Paul Broca applied it to skulls having a cephalic index of seventy-five and under, and this limit is generally adopted.

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Investigations have shown that facial angle and capacity of cranium and cephalic index afford no certain criterion of thought power or susceptibility to culture.

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