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noun
The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The division of the text of a book into lines; a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
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.
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