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Cranial Index

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Noun

1. breadth index, cephalic index, cranial index

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

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Cranial Index

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noun
the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
Compare cephalic index

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Cranial Index

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cephalic index
see also brachycranial, mesocranial

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cranial Index

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n.
The ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of the skull, multiplied by 100.

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