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anthropometrical

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as anthropometric.

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  • adjective Pertaining to anthropometry.

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  • adjective of or relating to anthropometry

Etymologies

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anthropometry +‎ -ical

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Examples

  • Once the corridors were cleared the two men would be taken to the Central Police Station, and the woman Rosalie, too — she would be put in a room by herself — and there they would be made to strip to the skin and go through the anthropometrical inspection.

    Maigret and the Lazy Burglar Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

  • Montano, who took the anthropometrical measurements of many crania which he obtained from caves in northeastern Mindanáo.

    The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan

  • Nowadays, he has declared, girls are no longer pretty -- they are beautiful; and as Mr. Galton, the anthropometrical expert, himself admits, they, even more than the rest of mankind, have certainly grown taller.

    The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

  • Montano who was taking anthropometrical measurements of Manóbos in the towns through which he passed, but as Urios remarks, this was only a pretext for withdrawing from a form of life that did not suit them.

    The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan

  • By this method the anthropometrical records are arranged in an orderly way, while the simplicity of the mechanism, and the clearness of the charts, guarantee the making of such observations as I have considered fundamental.

    The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912

  • The statistics of relapse are unfortunately very difficult to collect, on account of differences in the legislation of different countries, and in the preparation of records, which, even under the more general adoption of anthropometrical identification, rarely succeed in preventing the use of fresh names by professional criminals.

    Criminal Sociology 1899

  • It is, however, unnecessary to discuss this question until our anthropometrical knowledge of prostitutes is more extended and precise.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899

  • "The nomenclature adopted would probably have to be on some arbitrary basis, as is the present system of shoe sizes, rather than representing the numerical values of some anthropometrical measurement," O'Brien and Shelton wrote, summing up what is perhaps the pair's most lasting contribution to modern sizing: Even though a measurement can be extrapolated from a size, the actual numbers we use in women's sizing are not, themselves, measurements.

    Slate Articles Julia Felsenthal 2012

  • The researchers point out that there are three general factors that play a primary role in the risk of suffering an injury: incorrect training techniques, unsuitable or damaged equipments and biomechanical and anthropometrical abnormalities.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • They have created unique manikins based on anthropometrical data ensuring vehicles meet the comfort expectations of all users.

    Daily automotive news and comment - from just-auto.com 2009

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