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stichometrical

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sti⋅chom⋅e⋅try

  [sti-kom-i-tree]
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–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

Related forms:
stich⋅o⋅met⋅ric  [stik-uh-me-trik] , stich⋅o⋅met⋅ri⋅cal, adjective
stich⋅o⋅met⋅ri⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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