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Gunning fog index

Gunning fog index proper noun: a readability metric for English writing, estimating how many years of formal education a person needs in order to understand the text on the first reading. It is based on the average sentence length and the proportion of words of three or more syllables.

Proper noun

the Gunning fog index

  1. A readability metric for English writing, estimating how many years of formal education a person needs in order to understand the text on the first reading. It is based on the average sentence length and the proportion of words of three or more syllables.

Origin of Gunning fog index

Developed in 1952 by Robert Gunning.

Questions about Gunning fog index

What does Gunning fog index mean?
Gunning fog index means a readability metric for English writing, estimating how many years of formal education a person needs in order to understand the text on the first reading. It is based on the average sentence length and the proportion of words of three or more syllables.
What part of speech is Gunning fog index?
Gunning fog index is a proper noun.

Words near Gunning fog index in the dictionary

  1. gunnieses
  2. gunniest
  3. gunnin'
  4. gunning
  5. gunning down
  6. Gunning fog index
  7. gunning for
  8. Gunning Gap
  9. gunning off
  10. Gunning transceiver logic
  11. gunning up

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