Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fitzpatrick scale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: fitz-patrick- s-cale
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A numerical classification schema for human skin color.

Example Sentences

"The Fitzpatrick scale was based not on color alone, but on how skin responds to UV radiation from sunlight. This factor meant that skin type, while linked to skin color, had more elements at play, namely different kinds of melanin cells."
"Following a 1972 Australian study on skin burning, Harvard medical pioneer Thomas B. Fitzpatrick created the Fitzpatrick scale. […] Since the Fitzpatrick scale is a scientific resource, the Unicode Consortium adopted it in its diversity representation. It was a way for them to avoid probable controversial consequences and achieve ‘technological neutrality’."

Etymology

Developed in 1975 by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard dermatologist.

Inflected Forms

the Fitzpatrick scale (canonical)

Questions

What does fitzpatrick scale mean?: A numerical classification schema for human skin color.
Where does fitzpatrick scale come from?: Developed in 1975 by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard dermatologist.

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