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cephalic index

n.

The ratio of the maximum width of the head to its maximum length, multiplied by 100.

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cephalic index

cephalic index - ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull

breadth index, cranial index

ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

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