"type-token ratio" meaning in English

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        "The ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus."
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        "(corpus linguistics) The ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus."
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        "(corpus linguistics) The ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus."
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