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lexicometry

lexicometry noun: the measurement of the frequency with which words occur in text.

Noun

lexicometry (uncountable)

  1. The measurement of the frequency with which words occur in text.
    • Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist, a researcher in lexicometry and a Talmudic exegete.2009 May 8, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Origin of lexicometry

From lexico- + -metry.

Words formed from lexicometry

Questions about lexicometry

What does lexicometry mean?
Lexicometry means the measurement of the frequency with which words occur in text.
What part of speech is lexicometry?
Lexicometry is a noun.

Words near lexicometry in the dictionary

  1. lexicomane
  2. lexicomanes
  3. lexicomania
  4. lexicometric
  5. lexicometrical
  6. lexicometry
  7. lexicomorphological
  8. lexicon
  9. lexiconed
  10. lexiconic
  11. lexiconing

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