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词汇 craniometry
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Definition of craniometry in English:

craniometry

nounˌkreɪnɪˈɒmɪtriˌkreɪniˈɑmətri
mass nounhistorical
  • The scientific measurement of skulls, especially in relation to craniology.

    〈史〉(尤指与颅骨学有关的)颅测量法

    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

  • craniometric

  • 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.

    〈史〉(尤指与颅骨学有关的)颅测量法

    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.
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