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Definition of Anthropometry
1. Noun. Measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities.
Derivative terms: Anthropometric, Anthropometrical
Definition of Anthropometry
1. n. Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.
Definition of Anthropometry
1. Noun. The science of measuring the human body in order to ascertain the average dimensions of the human form at different ages, and in different divisions of race, class etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anthropometry
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Medical Definition of Anthropometry
1. The technique that deals with the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human or other primate body. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthropometry
Literary usage of Anthropometry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Sociology. Descriptive and Analytical: Delinquents by Frances Kellor (1901)
"There is as yet no satisfactory way of correcting these defects: In anthropometry
there is no opportunity for deception. In psychology a norm has been ..."
2. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association (1905)
"THE OUT-GROWTH OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON anthropometry, APPOINTED 1903.
... carelessness and involved the whole subject of anthropometry in dispute. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"anthropometry. Stature of the Japanese (Misc.), 17:142. Tests of eye-sight,
hand-grip, and breathing capacity (Misc.), : 283. Variations in human stature (9 ..."
4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"... or did anything in contempt of the law, shall pay to the king. Termes de la
Ley; Cunningham, Law Diet. FINGERPRINTS. See anthropometry. ..."
5. The Female offender by Cesare Lombroso, Guglielmo Ferrero (1897)
"anthropometry OF FEMALE CRIMINALS. \. Authors and the cases they studied.—In the
list of those who have recently made a study of the characteristics of ..."
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