"stylometer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stylometers [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “column”) + -meter. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|στῦλος||column}} Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “column”), {{af|en|-meter}} -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} stylometer (plural stylometers)
  1. An instrument for measuring columns.
    Sense id: en-stylometer-en-noun-xBwHUGpe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: stylometers [plural]
Etymology: From stylo- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{af|en|stylo-|-meter}} stylo- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} stylometer (plural stylometers)
  1. The statistical analysis of literary style through the examination of linguistic patterns, primarily used to determine authorship of anonymous or disputed texts.
    Sense id: en-stylometer-en-noun-UHdPAem6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with stylo-, English terms suffixed with -meter, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with stylo-: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -meter: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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