| 单词 | facial angle of camper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfacial angle of Camper facial angle n. [compare French angle faciale (1800)] (in craniometry) any of various angles used to classify the shape or size of the face; esp. (more fully facial angle of Camper) the angle between the facial line and a horizontal line drawn between the nostrils and the ear (as seen from the side). ΚΠ 1794 T. Cogan tr. P. Camper Wks. i. iii. 40 The angle of the facial line has in nature a maximum and a minimum from 70 to 80 degrees.] 1804 Monthly Rev. Mar. 252 The facial angle of Camper is that which best expresses the proportion of those parts [sc. the cranium and the face]. 1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 277 Applying the method for obtaining the facial angle of Cloquet to two large photographs of the faces in profile. 2002 H. Kunzru Impressionist (2003) 197 Facial angle is fixed at ninety-three degrees, the nose found to be leptorrhine and eyes mesosemic, with a certain upturning at the corners which is announced to be a tell-tale indication of Asiatic origin. < as lemmas |
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