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facial index

American  

noun

  1. Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.

facial index British  

noun

  1. the ratio of the length of the face to the width of the face multiplied by 100: often used in comparative anthropology Compare cranial index

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Etymology

Origin of facial index

First recorded in 1885–90

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