Stichometry Definition
stĭ-kŏmĭ-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.
Webster's New World
The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
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Other Word Forms of Stichometry
Noun
Singular:
stichometry
Plural:
stichometriesOrigin of Stichometry
From Ancient Greek στίχος (stikhos, “a row or file of soldiers"; “a line of poetry", “a verse") +"Ž -metry.
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Greek stikhos stich steigh- in Indo-European roots –metry
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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