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chest breadth

chest breadth

[′chest ‚bredth]
(anthropology)
The measurement across the chest at nipple level.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
The Pakistani under-19 cricketers were higher than Malaysian under-19 cricketers in shoulder breadths, t = 4.343, P <.000, pelvis breadth t = 4.595, P <.000, chest breadth t = 3.150, P <.003, humerus breadth t = 4.051, P <.000.
The body length, chest breadth, width of pelvis and phalanx length of the Sichuan population were different from the Tibetan population, but not significantly.
Chest breadth (cm)###6.670.716###6.010.55###7.270.8###6.670.75
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