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Meanings of cranial index in English

Spanish
índice cefálico

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

índice cefálico
Usage of cranial index in English
1
This cranial index is now discredited for it seems to vary widely between adults of a single group and between generations.
The Irish Times
2
Order in progress upwards of cranial indices:
The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea
3
The comparison of cranial indexes is rendered difficult by intentional flattening of the occiput by the hard cradle-board.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
4
2) whose nasal index is 100 has the mesaticephalic cranial index of 78.3 (almost the average index).
The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea
5
"I suppose you are aware," said he, checking off points upon his fingers, "that the cranial index is a constant factor?"
The Lost World
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