Results for facial
Definitions of facial:
part of speech: adjective
Pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve- FACIAL ANGLE, in anat. the angle formed by the plane of the face with a certain other plane. The facial angle of Camper is contained by a line drawn horizontally from the middle of the external entrance of the ear to the edge of the nostrils, and another from this latter point to the superciliary ridge of the frontal bone. Owen and others measure the facial angle by the face, or the most prominent parts of the forehead and upper jaw, and a line drawn from the occipital condyle along the floor of the nostrils. It has been sometimes stated that the more acute this angle the less will the intellectual faculties of the individual be developed, but as a test for this purpose it is fallacious, though it is of some value as a character in comparing the different races of mankind.
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adjective
Pertaining to the face; as, facial expression.
part of speech: adjective
Of or pert. to the face; in anat., opposed to the cranial parts of the head; facial angle, the angle formed by two lines, one drawn horizontally from the nostrils to the ear, and the other perpendicularly from the nostrils to the most prominent part of the forehead.
Usage examples for facial:
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He looked up as sharply as his facial curves permitted.
"Mr. Waddington of Wyck", May Sinclair -
Then I gently smoothed the President's contracted facial muscles, took two coins from my pocket, placed them over his eyelids and drew a white sheet over the martyr's face.
"Lincoln's Last Hours", Charles A. Leale -
This would give opportunity for the practice of lively grimace and facial play.
"The Dramatic Values in Plautus", Wilton Wallace Blancke -
Clara's delicate brows flew upward, and though Clara herself made no comment, the quick facial movement said, " I don't believe it."
"The Coast of Chance", Esther Chamberlain Lucia Chamberlain