ammon's law

ammon's law
\\ˈämənz-, ˈam-; ˈäˌmȯnz-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized A
Etymology: after Otto Ammon died 1916 German anthropologist
: a generalization in anthropology: the cephalic index varies inversely as the stature

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