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LEXICOSTATISTICS

Dictionary entry overview: What does lexicostatistics mean?

• LEXICOSTATISTICS (noun)
The noun LEXICOSTATISTICS has 1 sense:

1. a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language

Familiarity information: LEXICOSTATISTICS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEXICOSTATISTICS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("lexicostatistics" is a kind of...):

etymology (the study of the sources and development of words)

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