anthropometer

/an-thruh-pom-i-ter/US // ˌæn θrəˈpɒm ɪ tər //

人体测量仪,人身测量仪,人体测量学,人体测量器

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Anthropology.
- : an instrument that consists of a calibrated, vertical rod to which are attached two horizontal arms, one fixed and one movable, for measuring the human trunk and limbs.

In measuring the individual stature it is customary to use an instrument called an anthropometer (Fig. 142).
And, indeed, how is it possible to bring the entire person posteriorly in contact with the vertical rod of the anthropometer?
Broca recommends to travelers an anthropometer consisting of a graduated rod with a movable index attached.
Certain anthropologists are now trying to perfect the anthropometer (Mosso's school).
But this greatly complicates the anthropometer, and hardly any anthropometer possesses this attachment.