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Quetelet, n.
(‖ ˈkɛtəleɪ)
The name of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (1796–1874), Belgian statistician, used attrib. and in the possessive to designate various concepts introduced by him or arising out of his work, as Quetelet's curve Statistics(now rare), the normal probability curve; Quetelet('s) index Med. and Anthropol., the mass of an individual in kilograms divided by the square (formerly the cube) of his height in metres.
1909in Cent. Dict. Suppl., Quételet's curve. 1958Chambers's Techn. Dict. Add. 1007/1 Quetelet's index, weight of human body divided by cube of height; obsolescent. 1977Lancet 29 Jan. 214/2 The results of multiple regression analysis of blood-pressure..on renal mobility.., allowing for age, parity, and height-adjusted weight (Quetelet index defined as weight/height2..), showed that renal mobility and Quetelet index were significantly associated with mean blood-pressure. 1984Abraham & Llewellyn-Jones Eating Disorders ix. 110 Obesity is defined in several ways, one being when the Quetelet Index is 30 or more. |