Definition of Craniometer. Meaning of Craniometer. Synonyms of Craniometer

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Definition of Craniometer

Craniometer
Craniometer Cra`ni*om"e*ter (kr?`n?-?m"?-t?r), n. [Cranium + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.

Meaning of Craniometer from wikipedia

- genetic criminality, and that these features could be measured with craniometers and calipers with the results developed into quantitative research. A...
- Engraving of craniometer from Elements of phrenology (1835), by George Combe...
- Getty. He devised a system of skull measurements using an ingenious craniometer. "Grattan's work was almost contemporaneous with that of Anders Retzius...
- the Kocher Institute in Bern. A number of instruments (for example the craniometer) and surgical techniques (for example, the Kocher manoeuvre, and kocher...
- with a tape measure of the overall head size and more rarely employ a craniometer, a special version of a caliper. In general, instruments to measure sizes...
- anthropometry by developing many new types of measuring instruments (craniometers) and numerical indices. He published around 223 papers on general anthropology...
- to genetic criminality and that these features could be measured with craniometers and calipers with the results developed into quantitative research. A...