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lexical density

lexical density noun: a concept in computational linguistics that measures language complexity by analyzing the ratio of lexical items to total words or higher structural items.

Noun

lexical density (uncountable)

  1. A concept in computational linguistics that measures language complexity by analyzing the ratio of lexical items to total words or higher structural items.

Questions about lexical density

What does lexical density mean?
Lexical density means a concept in computational linguistics that measures language complexity by analyzing the ratio of lexical items to total words or higher structural items.
What part of speech is lexical density?
Lexical density is a noun.

Words near lexical density in the dictionary

  1. lexical choice
  2. lexical correspondence
  3. lexical correspondences
  4. lexical definition
  5. lexical definitions
  6. lexical density
  7. lexical gap
  8. lexical gaps
  9. lexical innovation
  10. lexical innovations
  11. lexical item

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