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lexicostatistics Definition

lexico·sta·tis·tics (lek′si kō′stə tis′tiks)

noun

a technique used in glottochronology to determine the time when the languages under study separated, based on the statistical comparison of sample word lists from the languages

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  1. ‹ lexicon
  2. ‹ lexicology
  3. ‹ lexicography
  4. ‹ lexicographer
  5. ‹ lexicog
  6. ‹ lexical meaning
  7. ‹ lexical
  8. ‹ lexeme
  9. ‹ Lexan
  10. ‹ lex talionis
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