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stichometry

stichometry noun: the measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.

Noun

stichometry (countable and uncountable, plural stichometries)

  1. The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
  2. The division of the text of a book into lines; a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.

Forms of stichometry

pluralstichometries

Origin of stichometry

From Latin stichometria, from Byzantine Greek στιχομετρία (stikhometría), from στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”) + μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, sticho- + -metry.

Words formed from stichometry

Questions about stichometry

What does stichometry mean?
Stichometry means the measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
What part of speech is stichometry?
Stichometry is a noun.
What is the plural of stichometry?
The plural of stichometry is stichometries.

Words near stichometry in the dictionary

  1. stichomancy
  2. stichometric
  3. stichometrical
  4. stichometrically
  5. stichometries
  6. stichometry
  7. stichomythia
  8. stichomythias
  9. stichomythic
  10. stichomythically
  11. stichomythies

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