anthropometern.
/ˌanθrəˈpɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌænθrəˈpɑmədər/ 1. An instrument used to take measurements of the human body. Cf. anthropometry n.In quot. 1779: figurative.
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anthropometer1779
craniograph1878
craniometer1878
craniophore1878
1779 T. Twining Let. Jan. in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VIII. 264 Bland (hitch him up two or three degrees higher in your anthropometer) had the courage and παῤῤησία to tell Mr. G., that he had offended many persons.
1848 Family Herald 11 Mar. 714/3 Anthropometer is a man-measurer. The name will do for the instrument alluded to.
1898 A. C. Haddon Study of Man xvi. 446 The rod of the Anthropometer should be held vertically in front of the face of the subject.
1951 Notes & Queries on Anthropol. (ed. 6) i. 12 In the field the anthropometer may be used, taking care to keep the instrument vertical.
2008 Human Biol. 80 640 Craniofacial traits and stature were measured using a Siber-Hegner anthropometer..accurate to 1 mm.
2. = anthropometrist n. rare.
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craniologist1841
craniographer1861
anthropometer1883
anthropometrist1883
craniometrist1889
1883 Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1881 499 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (47th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 109) II Man is an animal..exhibiting in his adult form those characteristics which engage the attention of the anatomist, the physiologist, and the anthropometer.
1910 22nd Ann. Rep. New Jersey Training School 23 We need an Anthropometer, and at least one assistant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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