anthropometry

English

Etymology

1839, as anthropo- (“human”) +‎ -metry (“measurement”), from French anthropométrie, from anthropo- + -métrie, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), influenced by Latin use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænθɹəˈpɒmɪtɹɪ/

Noun

anthropometry (countable and uncountable, plural anthropometries)

1. The science of measuring the human body in order to ascertain the average dimensions of the human form at different ages, and in different divisions of race, class, etc.

Derived terms

• anthropometrical
• anthropometrically
• paleoanthropometry

Translations

science of measuring the human body

• Catalan: antropometria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人體計測, 人体计测 (réntǐ jìcè), 人體測量學 (zh), 人体测量学 (zh) (réntǐ cèliàngxué)

• Finnish: antropometria (fi)

• Georgian: ანთროპომეტრია (antroṗomeṭria)
• Greek: ανθρωπομετρία (el) f (anthropometría)
• Irish: antrapaiméadracht f
• Portuguese: antropometria (pt) f
• Spanish: antropometría (es) f

See also

• andrometry
• gynecometry, gynometry
• paedometry, pedometry

Further reading

• anthropometry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia