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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

Browse dictionary entries near stichometry

  1. ‹ stichometric
  2. ‹ stich
  3. ‹ stibnite
  4. ‹ stibine
  5. ‹ sthenic
  6. ‹ stge
  7. ‹ stg
  8. ‹ stewpan
  9. ‹ stewed
  10. ‹ Stewart
  1. stichomythia ›
  2. stichomythic ›
  3. stichomythy ›
  4. -stichous ›
  5. stick ›
  6. stick around ›
  7. stick by ›
  8. stick figure ›
  9. stick-in-the-mud ›
  10. stick insect ›