Ammon's law

noun

Am·​mon's law

ˈämənz-,

ˈam-;

ˈäˌmȯnz-

: a generalization in anthropology: the cephalic index varies inversely as the stature

Word History

Etymology

after Otto Ammon †1916 German anthropologist

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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