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

It is this very generality and fixedness, which render it, in almost all cases, inapplicable; this is the inherent defect in the supposed importance of Camper’s facial angle.

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

When both jaws are arrested Camper’s disobedience of the rules of art, whereby the facial angle is increased over 90°, occurs.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

In the determination of the extent to which the profile exists the facial angle plays a part.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

His forehead betokens greater capacity; being more prominent, more vaulted, and with a greater facial angle.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)