"n-gram" meaning in English

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        "A contiguous sequence of n items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis."
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          "word": "unigram"
        },
        {
          "word": "bigram"
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          "word": "fourgram"
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        "(computational linguistics) A contiguous sequence of n items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis."
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          "word": "shingle"
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          "word": "ngram"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "linguistics: contiguous sequence of n items",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "N-Gramm"
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "N-stæða"
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          "sense": "linguistics: contiguous sequence of n items",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "n-gram"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛŋˌɡɹæm/"
    },
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      "homophone": "engram"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛŋˌɡɹæm/"
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      "sense": "linguistics: contiguous sequence of n items",
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      "word": "N-Gramm"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "N-stæða"
    },
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