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語源

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.

発音

• IPA: /ænθɹəˈpɒmɪtɹɪ/

名詞

anthropometry (countable and uncountable, plural anthropometries)

1. The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human form, for various purposes including physical anthropology, epidemiology, the ergonomics of industrial design, and so on.

下位語

• cephalometry > craniometry

派生語

参考

• andrometry
• gynecometry, gynometry
• paedometry, pedometry

参照

Further reading

• anthropometry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia