facial angle

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noun

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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Origin of facial angle

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby facial angle

face validity, face value, face with, facia, facial, facial angle, facial eczema, facial feminization surgery, facial index, facialist, facial masculinization surgery

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How to use facial angle in a sentence

Second, his prognathism, or projection of the jaws—his index of facial angle being about 70, as compared with the Caucasian 82.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
His forehead betokens greater capacity; being more prominent, more vaulted, and with a greater facial angle.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
The facial angle is as good in most cases as in Europeans, and they have certainly as little of the "lark-heel" as whites.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868|David Livingstone
We've the same facial angle as the Hindoo, but poor Mrs. S—— can't see it.
Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books|Horatia K. F. Eden

The head is round, the face but little produced, having a high facial angle.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale

British Dictionary definitions for facial angle

facial angle

noun

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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