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PRONUNCIATION OF DOLICHOCEPHALIC

dolichocephalic  [ˌdɒlɪkəʊsɪˈfælɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOLICHOCEPHALIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dolichocephalic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DOLICHOCEPHALIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dolichocephalic

Cephalic index

The cephalic index or cranial index is the ratio of the maximum width of the head of an organism multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length. Cephalic index The index was widely used by anthropologists in the early 20th century to categorize human populations, and by Carleton S. Coon in the 1960s. Today it is mainly used to describe individuals' appearances and for estimating the age of fetuses for legal and obstetrical reasons. The index is also used to categorize animals, especially dogs and cats.

Definition of dolichocephalic in the English dictionary

The definition of dolichocephalic in the dictionary is having a head much longer than it is broad, esp one with a cephalic index under 75. Other definition of dolichocephalic is an individual with such a head.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOLICHOCEPHALIC


brachiocephalic
ˌbreɪkɪəsɪˈfælɪk
brachycephalic
ˌbrækɪsɪˈfælɪk
cephalic
sɪˈfælɪk
diencephalic
ˌdaɪensɪˈfælɪk
encephalic
ˌɛnsɪˈfælɪk
ithyphallic
ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk
leptocephalic
ˌlɛptəʊsɪˈfælɪk
macrocephalic
ˌmækrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
megacephalic
ˌmɛɡəsɪˈfælɪk
mesencephalic
ˌmɛsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
mesocephalic
ˌmɛsəʊsɪˈfælɪk
metencephalic
ˌmɛtɛnsɪˈfælɪk
microcephalic
ˌmaɪkrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
orthocephalic
ˌɔːθəʊsɪˈfælɪk
oxycephalic
ˌɒksɪsɪˈfælɪk
platycephalic
ˌplætɪsɪˈfælɪk
procephalic
ˌprəʊsɪˈfælɪk
prosencephalic
ˌprɒsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
rhinencephalic
ˌraɪnɛnsɪˈfælɪk
telencephalic
ˌtɛlɛnsɪˈfælɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOLICHOCEPHALIC

dolefulness
dolent
dolente
dolerite
doleritic
dolesome
dolesomely
Dolgellau
Dolgelley
dolichocephal
dolichocephalism
dolichocephalous
dolichocephaly
dolichos
dolichosaurus
dolichurus
Dolin
dolina
doline
dolium

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOLICHOCEPHALIC

acephalic
anencephalic
Daedalic
epencephalic
hydrocephalic
italic
malic
megalocephalic
mesaticephalic
myelencephalic
naphthalic
omphalic
pachalic
pashalic
salic
scaphocephalic
terephthalic
thalamencephalic
Uralic
zoocephalic

Synonyms and antonyms of dolichocephalic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dolichocephalic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOLICHOCEPHALIC

Find out the translation of dolichocephalic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

长头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dolicocéfala
570 millions of speakers

English

dolichocephalic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दीर्घशिरस्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طويل الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

долихоцефальны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dolicocéfalo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dolichocephalic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dolichocéphale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dolichocephalic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dolichocephalic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

長頭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dolichocephalic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dolichocephalic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có đầu dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீளகுறுந்தலையர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डलिचोसेफेलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolikesefal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dolicocefala
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

długogłowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

доліхоцефальни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dolichocephalic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Δολιχοκέφαλοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lank sche delig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dolikocefal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dolichocephalic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dolichocephalic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOLICHOCEPHALIC»

The term «dolichocephalic» is normally little used and occupies the 149.145 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOLICHOCEPHALIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dolichocephalic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOLICHOCEPHALIC»

Discover the use of dolichocephalic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dolichocephalic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Myth of the Jewish Race
The latter is dolichocephalic or sub-dolichocephalic. Cephalic indices of 82 or more are found in Russia and Galicia (85.5 according to Majer and Kopernicki), showing that we are dealing here with individuals converted to Judaism and not ...
Raphael Patai, Jennifer Patai, 1989
2
The Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and Ethnography
Yellow skin, steatopygous, short stature, Bushmen (s. r. Hottentots dolichocephalic and Bushmen) f Reddish-brown, very short Negrito (s. r. Negrillo and stature, sub-brachycephalic Negrito) or sub-dolichocephalic Dark skin \ Black, stature tall, ...
Joseph Deniker, 1900
3
Bones and Ochre: The Curious Afterlife of the Red Lady of ...
However, the examination of Paleolithic skulls by de Quatrefages and others did not confirm this, since all the brachycephalic finds they described were younger than the dolichocephalic race of Canstadt. Also, the race of Cro-Magnons, with ...
Marianne Sommer, 2007
4
France in the Era of Fascism: Essays on the French ...
Lapouge: 'the physical features of the Germanic peoples have not changed since Roman times, if we trust the description supplied by Tacitus: they are dolichocephalic, tall and strongly built, blond or red-haired, fair-skinned and blue- eyed.
Brian Jenkins, 2007
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Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe
Evidence from the necropolis (cemetery) of prehistoric Glasinac, northeast of Sarajevo, indicates that 24 percent of the prehistoric population of that region may have been brachycephalic and 76 percent dolichocephalic and mesoccphalic ...
Traian Stoianovich, 1994
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Casa-grande E Senzala
The data furnished Ripley by Ferraz de Macedo permitted that anthropologist to reach the conclusion that a dolichocephalic type, low in stature, had been the persistent one in Portugal,43 though without the predominance of any one pure ...
Gilberto Freyre, 1986
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Sexual Science: The Victorian Constuction of Womanhood
Nordic and Teutonic peoples were decidedly dolichocephalic. Broca, on the other hand, French and brachycephalic, discovered that African blacks and Australian aborigines were also dolichocephalic. The scales shifted; anthropologists ...
Cynthia Eagle RUSSETT, Cynthia Eagle Russett, 2009
8
Textbook of Radiographic Positioning & Related Anatomy - ...
47° Brachycephalic and Dolichocephalic Skulls Mesocephalic (width is between Variations of the average-shaped or mesocephalic skull include brachycephalic ( brak′′-e-se-fal′-ik) and dolichocephalic (dol′′-i-ko- se-fal′-ik) ...
Kenneth L Bontrager
9
C?sar's Conquest of Gaul
guard, were dolichocephalic ; others, apparently including individuals who resembled the tall ' Round Barrow race ' of Britain, as brachycephalic as the people of Grenelle.1 The prehistoric ethnology of Switzerland has been exhaustively ...
T.R. Holmes
10
The Way! the Prophetic Messianic Voice to the Path of the ...
When the cephalic index is above 80 anthropologist term it 'brachycephalic'; between 75 and 80, 'mesocephalic'; and less than 75, 'dolichocephalic"' (Jew. Enc. IV (1902), 333). Dr. Fishberg then proceeds to present all the Jewish cranial  ...
Shalomim Y. Halahawi, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOLICHOCEPHALIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dolichocephalic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Does your pet snore?
Dogs with long narrow heads like the Greyhound are categorized as dolichocephalic. The skulls of the majority of dogs like the German ... «Victoria Advocate, Apr 15»
2
Perpetuating The Aryan Invasion Myth For Generations
... Aryan blood, Aryan eyes and hair, is as great a sinner as a linguist who speaks of a dolichocephalic dictionary or a brachycephalic grammar. «Hill Post, Jul 14»
3
Ancient Northern Europeans Looked More Like Vanessa Williams …
Yet the image created by the French anthropologist Vacher de Lapouge that Aryans were long-headed "dolichocephalic-blond" Europeans ... «Science 2.0, Jan 14»
4
Infographic: How Dogs Evolved
The most wolf-like dogs, such as Siberian Huskies, have dolichocephalic skulls, which dedicates the largest proportion of the skull to the nasal ... «Co.Design, Jan 14»
5
A tandem-horned rhino from the Late Miocene of China reveals …
First, the nasal horn shifted posteriorly to become the frontal horn and second, the dolichocephalic skull became the brachycephalic. «EurekAlert, Jun 13»
6
Mystery of King Tut's birth unveiled?
Some illustrations show a little princess with a pronounced dolichocephalic - an unusual form of an elongated skull. The birth of a son is not ... «Pravda, Feb 13»
7
Dog Genome Advances May Help Humans With Craniofacial …
... canine cranium shapes are many variations that are also breed specific but can't be neatly categorized as brachycephalic or dolichocephalic, ... «Science 2.0, Feb 13»
8
Hospital consultants already carry out work commitments at weekends
One click enabled me to access the Oxford English Dictionary to check the meaning of psephological and dolichocephalic in Boris Johnson's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
9
Let's not dwell on immigration but sow the seeds of integration
... though the country has been taken over by dolichocephalic space monsters with fangs. The author complained that the people of this country ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
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Steam-Powered Hard Drive: Sherlock Holmes As Modern …
... terms, such as Hound's Dr. Mortimer gushing, “I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked suborbital development. «PopMatters, Aug 12»

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