Definition of craniometry in English:
craniometry
nounˌkreɪnɪˈɒmɪtriˌkreɪniˈɑmətri
mass nounhistorical The scientific measurement of skulls, especially in relation to craniology.
Example sentencesExamples
- The nineteenth-century interest in craniometry had assumed that intelligence was both biological and inheritable.
- This looked very much like some of the phrenology and craniometry that was being done in the 19th Century.
- Some of the examples he discusses may remind us of the metaphorical appropriation of biology by racist craniometry in the nineteenth century.
- The SAP physicians were far more rigorously quantitative in their craniometry.
- In the 18th and 19th centuries European and American intellectuals relied on craniometry to explain and defend racial hierarchy.
Derivatives
adjectiveˌkreɪnɪəˈmɛtrɪk
historical Pontikos has conducted a statistical analysis of global human craniometric variation.
Example sentencesExamples
- The results of the present craniometric analysis are compared with other lines of evidence.
- This article examines the potential contribution of archaeological human skeletal material, in particular craniometric data.
- Both methods are applied to a sample of craniometric data consisting of measurements taken on crania in six geographic regions.
- Thus, this anatomical region is favorable for sex determination due to its craniometric characteristics.
Rhymes
geometry, micrometry, optometry, psychometry, pyrometry, sociometry, trigonometry
Definition of craniometry in US English:
craniometry
nounˌkrānēˈämətrēˌkreɪniˈɑmətri
historical The scientific measurement of skulls, especially in relation to craniology.
Example sentencesExamples
- This looked very much like some of the phrenology and craniometry that was being done in the 19th Century.
- Some of the examples he discusses may remind us of the metaphorical appropriation of biology by racist craniometry in the nineteenth century.
- The SAP physicians were far more rigorously quantitative in their craniometry.
- In the 18th and 19th centuries European and American intellectuals relied on craniometry to explain and defend racial hierarchy.
- The nineteenth-century interest in craniometry had assumed that intelligence was both biological and inheritable.