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facial index

noun

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


facial index

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of facial index1

First recorded in 1885–90

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