procrustes in English
noun
1
a robber who forced travelers to lie on a bed and made them fit it by stretching their limbs or cutting off the appropriate length of leg. Theseus killed him in like manner.
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1. The heavy jaws with sharp teeth were photographed and jaw dimensions' analysed using Procrustes analysis followed by correction for allometry.
2. For this purpose, we build a set of Procrustes transforms for each flesh-point using pairs of corresponding Articulatory landmarks from both the speakers.