orbitalen.
/ˌɔːbᵻˈteɪliː/, /ˌɔːbᵻˈtɑːliː/, U.S. /ˌɔrbəˈteɪli/, /ˌɔrbəˈtɑli/ Physical Anthropology and Anatomy.
The lowest point of the inferior margin of the orbit (orbit n. 1).
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aphelion1656
perihelion1666
vector1704
elongation1708
orb1733
periaster1851
orbitale1901
Lagrangian point1962
1901 Amer. Anthropologist 3 35 Make outline drawings of the front (norma frontalis) and side (norma lateralis) of a skull with Broca's stereograph and locate the following points:..orbitale.
1920 H. H. Wilder Lab. Man. Anthropometry i. i. 47 Orbitale, the lowest point in the margin of the orbit; one of the points used in defining the Frankfort Horizontal.
1933 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 63 30 The orbitales..are found, with the aid of the scriber, by rotating the cranium round its auricular axis until the lowest point on the inferior margin of whichever orbit is being considered is at the same height above the drawing-board supporting the instruments as is the auricular axis.
1974 Nature 8 Mar. 165/1 Six bilateral and four single roentgenographic landmarks were delineated... The bilateral landmarks were: orbitale; centre of condylar shadow; [etc.].
1989 Brit. Jrnl. Orthodontics 16 177 Where two orbitalia were visible a point mid-way between the two was used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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