somatotyping

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noun

The process of determining somatotypes.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of somatotype
nounsomatotyping (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of determining somatotypes.

    William Sheldon in 1940 worked out a system of somatotyping that recognizes three extremes of body shape[.]

    1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page vi. 202
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