Etymology

Frankfurt plane

Today it means: The anatomical position of the human skull, based on a plane passing through the inferior margin of the left orbit and the upper margin of each ear canal or external auditory meatus. Full definition →

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Established in 1884 at the World Congress on Anthropology in Frankfurt, Germany.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.