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somatotyping

somatotyping is the present participle and gerund of somatotype.

Meaning of somatotype

Verb

somatotype (third-person singular simple present somatotypes, present participle somatotyping, simple past and past participle somatotyped)

  1. (transitive) To classify (a person) by physical build.
    • Apart from Masicampo et al. and Cullinane et al., no previous research has analyzed suspects’ perceived body size and police practices, though past theories of biology and crime, such as Sheldon's somatotyping of criminal behavior as well as several recent studies assess the relationship between...2016 January 20, “Black and Hispanic Men Perceived to Be Large Are at Increased Risk for Police Frisk, Search, and Force”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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Noun

somatotyping (uncountable)

  1. The process of determining somatotypes.
    • William Sheldon in 1940 worked out a system of somatotyping that recognizes three extremes of body shape[.]1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page vi. 202

Questions about somatotyping

What does somatotyping mean?
Somatotyping means the process of determining somatotypes.
What is somatotyping the present participle and gerund of?
Somatotyping is the present participle and gerund of somatotype.
What part of speech is somatotyping?
Somatotyping is a noun.

Words near somatotyping in the dictionary

  1. somatotropins
  2. somatotropism
  3. somatotype
  4. somatotyped
  5. somatotypes
  6. somatotyping
  7. somatotypology
  8. somatovisceral
  9. somatrem
  10. somatrogon
  11. somatroph

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