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sti⋅chom⋅e⋅try

   [sti-kom-i-tree]
–noun
the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
Origin:
1745–55; < Gk stích(os) (see stich 1 ) + -o- + -metry
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sti·chom·e·try     (stĭ-kŏm'ĭ-trē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The division of a prose piece into lines of fixed length or into lines whose lengths correspond to the natural divisions of sense, as in manuscripts written before the adoption of punctuation.


[Greek stikhos, stich; see steigh- in Indo-European roots + -metry.]

stich'o·met'ric (stĭk'ə-mět'rĭk) adj.
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