(Anthropology) pertaining to anthropometry (measurement of the human body and its proportions)
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Anthropometric Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Alt. of Anthropometrical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAlt. of Anthropometrical
anthropometric
\an`thro*po*met"ric\ (&?;), anthropometrical \an`thro*po*met"ric*al\ (&?;), ] a. pertaining to anthropometry.
Adjective
1. of or relating to anthropometry
(synonym) anthropometrical
(pertainym) anthropometry
Anthropometric Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Anthropometry (Greek anthropos (άνθρωπος - "man") and metron (μέτρον - "measure") therefore "measurement of man") refers to the measurement of the human individual. An early tool of physical anthropology, it has been used for identification, for the purposes of understanding human physical variation, in paleoanthropology and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits. The discredited pseudoscience of craniometry was a section of anthropometry that exclusively studies craniums.
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