| 单词 | facial line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfacial line facial line n. [after Dutch wezenslijn ( P. Camper Verhandeling (1791) I. i. 21)] (in craniometry) a line drawn between the glabella and the anterior surfaces of the incisor teeth. ΚΠ 1794 T. Cogan tr. P. Camper Wks. i. i. 21 I have prefixed the cranium of the simia caudata, or tailed ape, and of a small orang-outang, in order to demonstrate the importance of the facial line, which is applicable to all animals. 1878 R. T. H. Bartley tr. P. Topinard Anthropol. ii. iii. 291 The corono-facial angle of Gratiolet, formed by the meeting of the plane passing across the coronal suture of both sides and the facial line. 1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus v. xv. 231 Camper then defined the facial angle as the intersection of the horizontal..with the facial line. < as lemmas |
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