cranial index
nounCraniometry.
cephalic index.
Origin of cranial index
1First recorded in 1865–70
Words Nearby cranial index
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How to use cranial index in a sentence
Consequently, anyone who has a cranial index of 81 ought to have a visage index of 71, etc.
Pedagogical Anthropology | Maria MontessoriThe skull is dolichocephalic with an average cranial index of 72, prognathous and platyrrhine.
Man, Past and Present | Agustus Henry Keane
British Dictionary definitions for cranial index
cranial index
noun
the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology: Compare cephalic index
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