Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cranial index

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: cra-nial in-dex
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of the elongation or flatness of a head or skull: the maximum breadth of the skull divided by its maximum length, multiplied by 100.

Example Sentences

"The width of the skull is 18 cm and the length 24 cm, so the cranial index is 75."

Inflected Forms

cranial indices (plural) cranial indexes (plural)

Phrases

cranial ratio cephalic index

Frequently Paired Words

cranial ratio cephalic index ratio

Synonyms

cephalic index breadth index

Questions

What does cranial index mean?: A measure of the elongation or flatness of a head or skull: the maximum breadth of the skull divided by its maximum length, multiplied by 100.

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