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anthropometrical

anthropometrical

9.8
Relating to measuring the size and shape of the human body
  • adjective
  • /ˌænθrəpoʊˈmɛtrɪkəl/
  • Specialized
: antropométrico
  • The<br>anthropometrical measurements taken included height, weight, and limb circumferences.
  • anthropometrical measurements
  • anthropometrical measures

Examples

  • Correlation between physical activity and anthropometrical characteristics of children 9-11 years of age.

    Academic text (2002)
  • To study the relationship between anthropometrical properties and muscle strength, a series of measurements was collected from a group of 17 non-impaired male subjects.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Table 1: Anthropometrical data for the different groups of subjects involved in this study.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Thus, in a clinical setting, the anthropometrical measures would be taken from the person before conducting the BAS test.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In addition, the development of a model to predict MVC from anthropometrical measurements will be presented.

    Academic text (1997)
  • These results suggest that MVC can be accurately predicted from anthropometrical measurements.

    Academic text (1997)
  • We further demonstrated in this study that the MVC can be accurately predicted from a series of simple anthropometrical measurements.

    Academic text (1997)
  • This indicates that 86 percent of the variation in MVC was explained by variation in the three anthropometrical measures.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The results from the anthropometrical measurements conducted on 17 non-impaired young males for the prediction of MVC are presented in Table 3.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Table 3. Anthropometrical measures used in stepwise multiple regression analysis for prediction of MVC in the group of 17 nonimpaired subjects.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

morphometric
vsanthropometrical
  • Specialized
1 9.0

Relating to measuring the shape and size of living things or physical structures

is limited to human body measurements rather than organisms or structures
anthropometric
vsanthropometrical
  • Specialized
1 8.8

About measuring human body size and shape

has identical meaning but uses the -ical ending

Surface Forms

anthropometrical positive

Morphology

anthropometrical = anthropometry (transparent) = anthropometry + ical

The adjective is a straightforward adjectival formation from 'anthropometry' (relating to the measurement of humans) with the productive suffix '-ical' meaning 'relating to'.

Etymology

Anthropometrical comes from Greek parts anthropo- ('human') and metron ('measure'), the same 'measure' you see in thermometer. So anthropometrical means 'measuring humans', which is why it is used for the measurement of the human body and its proportions.