Meaning Of The Word Stichometry

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What's The Definition Of Stichometry?

stichometry in American English
the practice of expressing the successive ideas in a prose composition in single lines of lengths corresponding to natural cadences or sense divisions
noun: the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms

stichometry in British English
noun: the practice of writing out a prose text in lines that correspond to the sense units and indicate the phrasal rhythms

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