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CEPHALIC INDEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cephalic index mean? 

CEPHALIC INDEX (noun)
  The noun CEPHALIC INDEX has 1 sense:

1. ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skullplay

  Familiarity information: CEPHALIC INDEX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEPHALIC INDEX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

breadth index; cephalic index; cranial index

Hypernyms ("cephalic index" is a kind of...):

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


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