Stylometer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stylometer is a noun meaning An instrument for measuring columns.
Meaning
An instrument for measuring columns.
More Meanings
- The statistical analysis of literary style through the examination of linguistic patterns, primarily used to determine authorship of anonymous or disputed texts.
Example Sentences
A bichromator mounted onto the base of an ST-1 stylometer was used.
Accordingly, this paper compares five different methods of textual feature finding that do not need background knowledge external to the texts being analysed (three proposed by previous stylometers, two devised for this study).
Word Forms
- stylometers
Related Words
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