lexical density

noun

A concept in computational linguistics that measures language complexity by analyzing the ratio of lexical items to total words or higher structural items.

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nounlexical density (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA concept in computational linguistics that measures language complexity by analyzing the ratio of lexical items to total words or higher structural items.
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