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anthropometry
[ an-thruh-pom-i-tree ]
noun
- the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
anthropometry
/ 藢忙n胃r蓹p蓹藞m蓻tr瑟k; 藢忙n胃r蓹藞p蓲m瑟tr瑟 /
noun
- the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body
anthropometry
- The study of human body measurement for use in anthropological classification and comparison. The use of such data as skull dimensions and body proportions in the attempt to classify human beings into racial, ethnic, and national groups has been largely discredited, but anthropometric techniques are still used in physical anthropology and paleoanthropology, especially to study evolutionary change in fossil hominid remains.
Derived Forms
- 藢补苍迟丑谤辞藞辫辞尘别迟谤颈蝉迟, noun
- 藢补苍迟丑谤辞辫辞藞尘别迟谤颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
- anthropometric, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补苍路迟丑谤辞路辫辞路尘别迟路谤颈肠 [an-thr, uh, -p, uh, -, me, -trik, -poh-], 补苍路迟丑谤辞路辫辞路尘别迟路谤颈路肠补濒 adjective
- 补苍路迟丑谤辞路辫辞尘路别路迟谤颈蝉迟 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of anthropometry1
Example Sentences
Bertillon was inspired by the tools of anthropometry鈥攖he study of the measurements of the human body.
At the time, there was interest in the study of craniometry, the measurement of the cranium, and anthropometry, the scientific measurement of individuals.
It involved measuring the human body鈥檚 proportions against its surroundings, a science known as anthropometry, which would be a defining characteristic of Evans鈥檚 career.
On the rather slim hope that anthropometry might shed a little light on this questionable phase of Fijian history, this area, along with the first three, has received separate treatment.
These full and clear remarks seem even more applicable to the method of finger prints than to that of anthropometry.
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