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An agate or ruby is a unit of typographical measure. It is 5.5 typographical points, or about 1 ⁄ 13 inch (1.94 mm). It can refer either to the height of a line of type or to a font that is 5.5 points. An agate font is commonly used to display statistical data or legal notices in newspapers.
For someone seated, the popliteal height is the distance from the underside of the foot to the underside of the thigh at the knees. [1] It is sometimes called the "stool height". (The term "sitting height" is reserved for the height to the top of the head when seated.)
Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.
Pressure measurement systems are an additional way to measure gait by providing insights into pressure distribution, contact area, center of force movement and symmetry between sides. These systems typically provide more than just pressure information; additional information available from these systems are force , timing and spatial parameters.
On this (latter) metric, the most attractive ratio of leg to body for men (as seen by American women) is 1:1, [12] matching the 'four heads:four heads' ratio above. A Japanese study using the former metric found the same result for male attractiveness but women with longer legs than body were judged to be more attractive. [13]
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Measurability (collectability) relates to the ease of acquisition or measurement of the trait. In addition, acquired data should be in a form that permits subsequent processing and extraction of the relevant feature sets. Performance relates to the accuracy, speed, and robustness of technology used (see performance section for more details).
Facial width to height ratio (fWHR) is a measure of the width of a person’s face compared to its height. [1] Research has shown that higher FWHR is associated with various physical and behavioral traits, such as adolescent testosterone, [ 2 ] aggression , [ 3 ] attractiveness to women, [ 4 ] cause of death by violence, [ 5 ] CEO success as ...