type-token ratio
type-token ratio · type-token ratios
The ratio of the number of different words occurring in a text or corpus to the…The ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus.
Meaning
1 sensesThe ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus.
Forms
plural: type-token ratiosWord family
1 related wordsRelatedtype-token distinction