craniometry
craniometry noun: the practice of taking measurements of the skull.
Noun
craniometry (usually uncountable, plural craniometries)
- The practice of taking measurements of the skull.
- But regardless of what they made of phrenology, those who saw craniometry as a means of measuring the relative weight of intelligence and emotion in psychological makeup were generally sceptical as to whether, as Blumenbach and Camper believed, humanity had branched from one ancestral pair into...2020 October 5, Paul Turnbull, “Thinking About Craniometry- The Racial Turn”, in Paul Turnbull
- Similarly, some forensic companies have started to engage in “DNA phenotyping” – e.g. predicting skin color and facial features based on DNA data – something that’s best understood as 21st century re-run of long-debunked craniometry.2025 March 31, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, “Sunsetting openSNP - a personal retrospective”, in Bastian Greshake Tzovaras
craniometry meaning in Tamil
craniometry in Tamil
- மண்டையோட்டு அளவையியல், மண்டை எலும்பளவியல்
Forms of craniometry
| plural | craniometries |
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Origin of craniometry
From cranio- + -metry.
Words formed from craniometry
Questions about craniometry
- What does craniometry mean?
- Craniometry means the practice of taking measurements of the skull.
- What is craniometry in Tamil?
- Craniometry in Tamil is மண்டையோட்டு அளவையியல், மண்டை எலும்பளவியல். See Craniometry meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is craniometry?
- Craniometry is a noun.
- What is the plural of craniometry?
- The plural of craniometry is craniometries.
Words near craniometry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: craniometry (page history and authors); craniometry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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