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n-grams

n-grams is the plural of n-gram.

Meaning of n-gram

Noun

n-gram (plural n-grams)

  1. A contiguous sequence of one or more items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis.
    • Hyland's study demonstrates how n-grams can reveal similarities and differences both between genres and between different sets of writers.2012, Winnie Cheng, Exploring Corpus Linguistics: Language in Action, Routledge, →ISBN

Questions about n-grams

What is n-grams the plural of?
N-grams is the plural of n-gram.

Words near n-grams in the dictionary

  1. N-facility
  2. n-firm concentration ratio
  3. N-Formyldemecolcine
  4. n-gon
  5. n-gram
  6. n-grams
  7. n-heptane
  8. n-hexane
  9. n-iamond
  10. n-iamonds
  11. N-methyl-N-nitroso-p-toluenesulfonamide

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