by DBike on January 26th, 2007

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What is the relationship between height and hand size?

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by Farino on January 27th, 2007
There is a ratio all over nature that is also all over your body, it's called the divine proprotion/golden mean/phi. It's equal to 1:.5*(1+sqrt(5)) ~ 1:1.618. Your height should be the same as your armspan, your armspan is broken down into this proportion. Fingertip to opposite shoulder:Armspan. Elbow to opposite shoulder:Fingertip to opposite shoulder. Lower arm:Elbow to opposite shoulder. Elbow to wrist:Lower arm. Hand:Elbow to wrist. All in all, height divided by phi 5 times ~ 0.09 times your height. Just under 10%.

This is the ideal proportion, so yours won't be exactly dead-on. Mine is 11%, biology never follows maths exactly. However the closer yours is the better.
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by Zookeeper on January 27th, 2007
This question refers to the field of anthropometry. Short answer is yes, but what the expected relationship would be depends on some sophisticated analysis.
http://psych.hanover.edu/classes/hfnotes3/sld038.html
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by Universe Of Life on January 27th, 2007
Size can have height
height can have size

A huge whale is not very high (tall)

A high building is huge in size (big)

Height: ... the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

Size: ... the property of something that is great in magnitude
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