facial angle

American  

noun

1. Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.

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facial angle British  

noun

1. the angle formed between a line from the base of the nose to the opening of the ear and a line from the base of the nose to the most prominent part of the forehead: often used in comparative anthropology

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Etymology

Origin of facial angle

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

On the contrary, the head was smaller, the hair finer, the complexion several shades lighter, and the facial angle totally different.

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)

I deem this a pendant to Camper’s discovery of the facial angle, and one too which was not quite so obvious or so easy to be made.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander

Prognathism, in anthropological language, means that particular projection of the jaw which modifies the facial angle.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules

The facial angle is from 73° to 85°.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

But, to-night, in the darkness, he seemed to have forgotten for once the perpetual mandate of his facial angle.

From The Jervaise Comedy by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)