stylometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument for measuring columns.
noun
  1. The statistical analysis of literary style through the examination of linguistic patterns, primarily used to determine authorship of anonymous or disputed texts.

Word forms

stylometer stylometers

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “column”) + -meter.

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