"Gunning fog index" meaning in All languages combined

See Gunning fog index on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the Gunning fog index [canonical]
Etymology: Developed in 1952 by Robert Gunning. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the Gunning fog index
  1. A readability metric for English writing, estimating how many years of formal education a person needs in order to understand the text on the first reading. It is based on the average sentence length and the proportion of words of three or more syllables. Wikipedia link: Gunning fog index

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