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facial index

The ratio of facial length to facial width multiplied by 100.

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facial index

1. (Anatomy) the ratio of the length of the face to the width of the face multiplied by 100: often used in comparative anthropology. Compare cranial index

2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the ratio of the length of the face to the width of the face multiplied by 100: often used in comparative anthropology. Compare cranial index

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fac′ial in`dex

the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.

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facial index - the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face

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

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The facial index was calculated by dividing the measure of the distance between the nasion (N) and pogonion (Pog) points (that represent the facial height) by the measure of the interzygomatic distance (i.e., the facial width), multiplied by 100.

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Cranial index and facial index was found to be significantly lower in speech and hearing impaired children in both male and female children than the control group.

Cephalometric analysis in speech and hearing impaired children

(2005) was analogous to this study, being mesoprosopic and for females euryprosopic according to Garson's facial index method.

Evaluation of Face Shape in Turkish Individuals/ Evaluacion de la Forma de la Cara en Individuos Turcos

Facial index (FI) was computed as the percentage proportion of morphological face height to facial width.

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Anthropometric study of the facial index in the population of central Serbia.

Facial anthropometric measurements according to diagnosis of breathing mode and gender in adults/Medidas antropometricas faciais de adultos segundo diagnostico do modo respiratorio e o sexo

Until now, researchers used traditional parameters such as head length, head width, cephalic index, facial index, and so on.

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Ratio 15: N-Me/XR-XL, Facial Index. Investigated 15 Angles on Lateral photographs

Facial aesthetics in adults and its relationship to "ideal" ratios and Angles--a photogrammetric study in hyderabad population

The comparison of the changes in facial index between parents, offspring, and sibling can give the clue to genetic transmission of inherited characters [7, 8].

A study of facial index among Malay population

As Staum is careful to show, the very notion of a facial index is itself a fantasy.

Labelling People: French Scholars on Society, Race, and Empire, 1815-1848

That explains why his smile -- as it must be -- is both sweet and rather creepy, the facial index of a state of grace that we know to be a lie.