stichometric

Variant of stichometry

stichometry definition

sti·chom·etry (sti käm′ə trē)

noun

the practice of expressing the successive ideas in a prose composition in single lines of lengths corresponding to natural cadences or sense divisions

Etymology: < Gr stichos, a line (see stile) + -metry

Related Forms:

  • stichometric stich′o·met′·ric (stik′ə met′rik) adjective

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