Quetelet is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Quetelet in a sentence
Quetelet meaning
A surname.
Using Quetelet
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
Context around Quetelet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quetelet
- In this selection, "quetelet" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, index, galton and discovered stand out and add context to how "quetelet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bmi or quetelet index is and contrast to quetelet galton s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quetelet" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quetelet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In contrast to Quetelet, Galton's average man was not statistical, but was theoretical only. (15 words)
Quetelet discovered that the bell-shaped curve applied to social statistics gathered by the French government in the course of its normal processes on large numbers of people passing through the courts and the military. (35 words)
Quetelet postulated that one could take the sum of all people's attributes in a given population (such as their height or weight) and find their average, and that this figure should serve as a norm toward which all should aspire. (41 words)
A graph of body mass index as a function of body mass and body height. The dashed lines represent subdivisions within a major class. The body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet index is a value derived from the mass ( weight ) and height of an individual. (45 words)
Quetelet postulated that one could take the sum of all people's attributes in a given population (such as their height or weight) and find their average, and that this figure should serve as a norm toward which all should aspire. (41 words)
Quetelet discovered that the bell-shaped curve applied to social statistics gathered by the French government in the course of its normal processes on large numbers of people passing through the courts and the military. (35 words)
Example sentences (4)
A graph of body mass index as a function of body mass and body height. The dashed lines represent subdivisions within a major class. The body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet index is a value derived from the mass ( weight ) and height of an individual.
In contrast to Quetelet, Galton's average man was not statistical, but was theoretical only.
Quetelet discovered that the bell-shaped curve applied to social statistics gathered by the French government in the course of its normal processes on large numbers of people passing through the courts and the military.
Quetelet postulated that one could take the sum of all people's attributes in a given population (such as their height or weight) and find their average, and that this figure should serve as a norm toward which all should aspire.