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

    Farino

    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

    Zookeeper

    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

    Universe Of Life

    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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