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Meaning of "orthocephaly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORTHOCEPHALY

orthocephaly  [ˌɔːθəʊˈsefəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORTHOCEPHALY

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orthocephaly is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES ORTHOCEPHALY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of orthocephaly in the English dictionary

The definition of orthocephaly in the dictionary is the condition of having a skull whose breadth is between 70 and 75 per cent of its length.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORTHOCEPHALY


anencephaly
ˌænenˈsefəlɪ
awfully
ˈɔːfəlɪ
deceitfully
dɪˈsiːtfəlɪ
fruitfully
ˈfruːtfəlɪ
lustfully
ˈlʌstfəlɪ
macrocephaly
ˌmækrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
manfully
ˈmænfəlɪ
masterfully
ˈmɑːstəfəlɪ
megalocephalic
ˌmeɡələʊˈsefəlɪ
megalocephalous
ˌmeɡələʊˈsefəlɪ
microcephaly
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
mournfully
ˈmɔːnfəlɪ
Offaly
ˈɒfəlɪ
plagiocephaly
ˌpleɪdʒɪəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
purposefully
ˈpɜːpəsfəlɪ
resourcefully
rɪˈsɔːsfəlɪ
sinfully
ˈsɪnfəlɪ
sorrowfully
ˈsɒrəʊfəlɪ
soulfully
ˈsəʊlfəlɪ
unmercifully
ʌnˈmɜːsɪfəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORTHOCEPHALY

orthoaxis
orthoborate
orthoboric acid
orthocaine
orthocenter
orthocentre
orthocephalic
orthocephalous
orthochromatic
orthochromatism
orthoclase
orthocousins
orthodiagonal
orthodontia
orthodontic
orthodontically
orthodontics
orthodontist
orthodox

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORTHOCEPHALY

autocephaly
brachycephaly
dolichocephaly
hydrocephaly
macrencephaly
megacephaly
megalocephaly
mesaticephaly
mesocephaly
oxycephaly
scaphocephaly
shaly

Synonyms and antonyms of orthocephaly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «orthocephaly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORTHOCEPHALY

Find out the translation of orthocephaly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of orthocephaly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «orthocephaly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

orthocephaly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orthocephaly
570 millions of speakers

English

orthocephaly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

orthocephaly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سوائية الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

orthocephaly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

orthocephaly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

orthocephaly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orthocephaly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ortocephaly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

orthocephaly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

orthocephaly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

orthocephaly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orthocephaly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

orthocephaly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

orthocephaly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑर्थोसेफली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

orthocephaly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orthocephaly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orthocephaly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

orthocephaly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orthocephaly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

orthocephaly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

orthocephaly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orthocephaly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

orthocephaly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orthocephaly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORTHOCEPHALY»

The term «orthocephaly» is used very little and occupies the 168.959 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORTHOCEPHALY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «orthocephaly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «orthocephaly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORTHOCEPHALY»

Discover the use of orthocephaly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orthocephaly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
This hey-day of orthocephaly terminated with the dolichocephalic and brachycephalic inroads before and during the New Kingdom, when it ( orthocephaly) fell to 55-6 per cent. Once again a recovery was registered, and the proportion rose to ...
‎1940
2
Approaches to the study of political science
By definition an orthocephaly contains not only a monocrat but also a hierarchy- and it lacks a poly- archy. We shall distinguish two main forms of hierarchy- bureaucratic and feudal. The most familiar form of hierarchy-at least in modern times-is ...
Michael Haas, Henry S. Kariel, 1970
3
3D-4D Ultrasound in Obstetrics (edición Inglés)
... one showed two proboscis appendices, cyclopia and agnathia. Of all cases of cyclopia [N = 8], only five had one single eye. Others showed agnathia and orthocephaly. Proboscis may also appear in median cleft lips1. This finding is contrary ...
F. Bonilla-Musoles, 2004
4
Popular Science
But if the black peoples are eliminated, there remains on many islands at least an element to be differentiated from the Malay, chiefly through the darker skin color, greater orthocephaly, and more wavy, quite crimped hair. I have, for the ...
5
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)
Orthocephaly, orthōsef′ali, n. the character of a skull in which the ratio between the vertical and transverse diameters isfrom 70to 75.—adj.Orthocephal′ic. Orthoceras, orthos′eras, n. agenusoffossil cephalopods, having theshellstraightor ...
Various
6
Color Atlas of Human Anatomy
greatest length of the skull (glabella-opisthocranion) Wide head (platycephaly) I . 70 Normal head (orthocephaly) /= 70-75 Steeple head (hypsicephaly) / > 75 Facial Index height of the face (nasion-gnathion) . ]0Q' " width of the zygomatic arch ...
Werner Platzer, 2011
7
The Sociology and Politics of Development: A Theoretical Study
... bureaucracy, legislature, party system Procephaly: with executive; but no bureaucracy, legislature, party system Orthocephaly: with executive and bureaucracy; but no legislature, party system Heterocephaly: with executive, bureaucracy, ...
Baidya Nath Varma, 2010
8
Prehistoric Research in Northwest Punjab Anthropogical ...
The prevalence of orthocephaly in a presumably hypsicephalic district is a fact of great importance. Cephalic Breadth-Height Index The division is as follows : n % x-78,9 8 38,1 79,0-84,9 7 33,3 85,0-x 6 28,6 21 100,00 All three classes are all ...
9
Publication
Orthocephaly occurs in the next highest percentage of 26, 29 and 24 in the PR, RR and MR respectively. The three groups thus appear to be similar in respect of this character. AURICULAR HEAD HEIGHT: In head height all the three, PR ...
University of Gauhati. Dept. of Tribal Culture and Folklore Research, 1960
10
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian ...
Meso-orthocephaly in Polynesia (apart from New Zealand) is characteristic of 2.5 per cent. of the population. In Melanesia the percentage rises to 3.5, and in New Guinea to 4.5. It is said to be characteristic of the Tasmanians, and not to occur ...
‎1923

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