anthropometry

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noun

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.

OriginFrench anthropométrie ← Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος →
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Meanings

nounanthropometry (countable and uncountable, plural anthropometries)

plural anthropometries

  1. countableuncountableThe 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
anthropometrics

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄνθρωπος“human”
  2. Frenchanthropométrie
  3. Englishanthropometry

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.

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Translations

Catalan antropometria
  • antropometriascience of measuring the human body
Chinese Mandarin 人體計測 /人体计测, 人體測量學 /人体测量学
  • 人體計測 /人体计测 (réntǐ jìcè)science of measuring the human body
  • 人體測量學 /人体测量学 (réntǐ cèliàngxué)science of measuring the human body
Czech antropometrie, člověkoměřičství
  • antropometriescience of measuring the human body
  • člověkoměřičstvíscience of measuring the human body
Danish antropometri
  • antropometriscience of measuring the human body
Dutch antropometrie
  • antropometriescience of measuring the human body
Esperanto antropometrio
  • antropometrioscience of measuring the human body
Finnish antropometria
  • antropometriascience of measuring the human body
French anthropométrie
  • anthropométriescience of measuring the human body
German Anthropometrie
  • Anthropometriescience of measuring the human body
Greek ανθρωπομετρία
  • ανθρωπομετρία (anthropometría)science of measuring the human body
Hungarian antropometria
  • antropometriascience of measuring the human body
Indonesian antropometri
  • antropometriscience of measuring the human body
Irish antrapaiméadracht
  • antrapaiméadrachtscience of measuring the human body
Italian antropometria
  • antropometriascience of measuring the human body
Latvian antropometrija
  • antropometrijascience of measuring the human body
Lithuanian antropometrija
  • antropometrijascience of measuring the human body
Norwegian Bokmål antropometri
  • antropometriscience of measuring the human body
Persian آنتروپومتری
  • آنتروپومتریscience of measuring the human body
Polish antropometria
  • antropometriascience of measuring the human body
Portuguese antropometria
  • antropometriascience of measuring the human body
Spanish antropometría
  • antropometríascience of measuring the human body
Swedish antropometri
  • antropometriscience of measuring the human body
Tamil ஆன்ட்ரோபோமெட்ரி
  • ஆன்ட்ரோபோமெட்ரி (āṉṭrōpōmeṭri)science of measuring the human body
Turkish antropometri
  • antropometriscience of measuring the human body
Ukrainian антропометрія
  • антропометрія (antropometrija)science of measuring the human body
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APA

anthropometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropometry

MLA

“anthropometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropometry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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