CEPHALIC INDEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull

Synonyms:

breadth index; cephalic index; cranial index

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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("cephalic index" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

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