Anthropometry
//ænθɹəˈpɒmɪtɹɪ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human form, for various purposes including physical anthropology, epidemiology, the ergonomics of industrial design, and so on. countable, uncountable
- 2 measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities wordnet
Etymology
1839, as anthropo- (“human”) + -metry (“measurement”), from French anthropométrie, from anthropo- + -métrie, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), influenced by Latin use.
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