Term: body mass index: a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: clutter: a confused multitude of things
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: dutifulness: piety by virtue of devotion to duty
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: dog wrench: a wrench with a handle shaped like a crank
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: australian sumac: evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: high beam: the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: fly-fishing: angling with an artificial fly as a lure
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: positron emission tomography scanner: a tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: morphology: the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: bovinae: term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: dissemination: the property of being diffused or dispersed