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Webster 1913 Edition

Stichometry

Stich-om′e-try

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a line +
-metry
.]
1.
Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.
2.
Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, – a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stichometry

STICHOMETRY

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Noun.
[Gr., a verse; measure.] A catalogue of the books of Scriptures, with the number of verses which each book contains.

Definition 2024

stichometry

stichometry

English

Noun

stichometry ‎(plural stichometries)

  1. The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
  2. The division of the text of a book into lines; a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στίχος ‎(stíkhos, “a row or file of soldiers”; “a line of poetry”, “a verse”) +‎ -metry.

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