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ANTHROPOMETRY
Definition of ANTHROPOMETRY
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.
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Where it comes from
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.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANTHROPOMETRY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANTHROPOMETRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ANTHROPOMETRY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEHMNOOPRRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, R and O appear more than once.
Words that start ANTHROPOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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